And as past experience regulates our judgment concerning the possibility of these effects, so it does that concerning their probability; and that effect, which has been the most common, we always esteem the most likely.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

When the control of the public funds is in the hands of those affected by local interest or party spirit, they may be so over-scrupulous and penurious as to take all power to carry on the war from the executive, whom very many people seem to regard as a public enemy rather than as a chief devoted to all the national interests.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

In the first chapter we found that such reasons were supplied by the notions of Happiness and Excellence or Perfection (including Virtue or Moral Perfection as a prominent element), regarded as ultimate ends, and Duty as prescribed by unconditional rules.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Ware a defective condition of the goods ein materieller Vorteil material advantage ein Mittel zur a means of ein Möbelstück piece of furniture ein Muster entnehmen to retain a sample ein namentlich genannter Frachtführer a named carrier ein namentlich genanntes Schiff a named vessel ein neues Verfahren anwenden apply a new technique ein Pfand einlösen redeem a pledge ein Plakat ankleben to stick a bill ein Produkt auf den Markt bringen launch a product ein Projekt aufgeben abandon a project ein Rat piece of advice ein realisierbares Vorhaben practicable scheme ein Recht erwerben to acquire a right ein reiches Angebot an Ware a wide variety of goods ein reines begebbares Konnossement a clean negotiable B/L ein reines in ein unreines Konnossement a clean into an unclean B/L ein reines Transportdokument a clean transport document ein Risiko auf
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Sed interdum persona ut exemplo 15 nocet, ita invidiam auget aut levat: in Antonio homines aequo animo passi erant; raro enim invidetur eorum honoribus, quorum vis non timetur: contra in iis homines extraordinaria reformidant, qui ea suo arbitrio aut deposituri aut retenturi videntur 20 et modum in voluntate habent.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

quote a price einen Preis angeben to quote a price einen Preis festlegen to fix a price einen Preis festsetzen ascertain a price einen Rabatt gewähren allow a discount einen Rechtsanwalt einspannen to employ a lawyer einen Rechtsanwalt in Anspruch nehmen to employ a lawyer einen Saldo ausgleichen settle a balance einen Schaden vergüten to pay damages einen Schaden wieder gut machen to make good
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Vides in hac tota disceptatione non illud dici: "Quamvis hoc turpe sit, tamen, quoniam expedit, faciam," sed ita expedire, ut turpe non sit, ex altera autem parte, ea re, quia turpe sit, non esse faciendum.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

"He has not altogether a pleasant expression," remarked Janetta, thinking of Lady Caroline's strictures; "but I—liked—his face."
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

It interprets this mutual dependence as a purely external relation.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Also a pretty, early Renaissance lavabo in Istrian stone.
— from The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

Rust of iron and scales of iron were used as medicines at a period equally remote.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

‘Or an adventurer and a parasite either,’ returned the irascible Spaniard, who had overheard the innuendo.
— from Darkness and Dawn; Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero. An Historic Tale by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

The first-mentioned work, which discusses the pure faculty of reason in its whole compass and bounds, will remain the foundation, to which the Prolegomena, as a preliminary exercise, refer; for our critique must first be established as a complete and perfected science, before we can think of letting Metaphysics appear on the scene, or even have the most distant hope of attaining it.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
— from An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) by Buffalo Bill

Those from Mr. Jenner are given in Governor Squire's report for 1885, and are probably equally reliable.
— from A Report on Washington Territory by William Henry Ruffner

Raphael stood by helpless, his respect for Pinchas as a poet and for himself as a practical Englishman returning.
— from The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill

And these two, a patrician and a pleb, Each representing classes now united By common misery, are foully hurt, And scarred by fierce injustice from the Ten.
— from Virginia: A Tragedy, and Other Poems by Marion Forster Gilmore