we gave a medal of the Small Size to the young man Son to the late Great Chief of the Chopunnish Nation who had been remarkably kind to us in every instance, to all the others we tied a bunch of blue ribon about the hair, which pleased them very much.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The principle of [92] making a BOOK , or betting round, as it is sometimes termed, is to lay a previously-determined sum against every horse in the race, or as many horses as possible; and should the bookmaker “get round,” i.e. , succeed in laying against as many horses as will more than balance the odds laid, he is certain to be a winner.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

And he crawled about from man to man, to all the wounded men round him, as long as he could, and did everything possible to relieve their sufferings—never thinking of himself—he was tying a bit of bandage round another man's leg when he went under.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Aufträge backlog of business Rückstände arrears Rückstände; Zahlungsrückstände arrears rückständig backward rückständige Dividende unpaid dividend rückständige Forderungen debts in arrears rückständige Zinsen arrears of interest rückständige Zinsen back interest rückständiger Zins outstanding interest Rücktrittsanzeige notice of withdrawal Rücktrittsklausel escape clause Rückvaluta backvalue Rückversicherer reinsurer rückversichern reinsure rückversichert; Rückversicherter reinsured Rückversicherung reinsurance Rückware goods returned Rückwechsel counterbill rückzahlbar repayable Rückzahlung repayment Rückzahlung einer Hypothek redemption of a mortgage Rückzahlungsbedingungen; Tilgungsplan terms of redemption Rückzahlungstermin date of redemption Rückzahlungstermin date of repayment Ruf reputation rufen call Rufname first name Ruhe; Rast; Ruhepause rest Ruhegehalt; Pension pension Ruhegehaltsempfänger pensioner ruhegehaltsfähig pensionable ruhend; nicht aktiv; nicht belebt inactive ruhendes Konto broken account Ruhezeit rest time ruinöser Preis ruinous price rund um die Uhr arbeiten operate day and night Runde round Rundfunkhörerschaft radio audience Rundfunkwerbung radio advertising Rundgang round tour
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

The transaction in question may have been, as her Majesty's government are of opinion that it was, a justifiable employment of force for the purpose of defending the British territory from the unprovoked attack of a band of British rebels and American pirates, who, having been permitted to arm and organize themselves within the territory of the United States, had actually invaded and occupied a portion of the territory of her Majesty; or it may have been, as alleged by Mr. Forsyth, in his note to the undersigned of the 26th of December, a most unjustifiable invasion in time of peace, of the territory of the United States.'"
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

The fisherman folds this net over his arm, and then tosses into the water a ball of boiled rice and barley.
— from Peeps at Many Lands: Japan by John Finnemore

The Earl's wig, a la mousquetaire , was tied with a bow of black ribbon, and he carried a tricorne hat with white ostrich plumes, and white gauntlet gloves.
— from The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner

Pondering in his dim way, and being sadly an hungered and aware that fat and lazy turtle were basking in the sighed-for shallows, he took a bundle of buoyant roots and light sticks and lashed it securely at one end with strips of bark.
— from Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield

A miracle had been wrought!—and yet she had only plaited up her hair, tying it with a bit of blue ribbon, and donned a simple costume of cream-coloured cashmere.
— from Stand Fast, Craig-Royston! (Volume I) by William Black

This curious fact has already been observed by Richet and others, in connection with Eusapia Paladino.
— from Metapsychical Phenomena: Methods and Observations by J. (Joseph) Maxwell

There was no garden in all Amsterdam so small or so poor as not to have a bed of bright red and yellow tulips.
— from Boys and Girls of Colonial Days by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

There was a little canyon in the creek nearby and the water rushed down over a bed of bare rock at an angle of about twenty degrees.
— from A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

Surround with a border of boiled rice and serve piping hot.
— from The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed