We trotted the course from the conqueror to the study, the children calling out the names, dates, and length of reigns as we passed the stakes, going a good gait along the long reigns, but slowing down when we came upon people like Mary and Edward VI., and the short Stuart and Plantagenet, to give time to get in the statistics.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

When the high temperature of the oven had reduced it to a liquid, or rather a pasty state, Cyrus Harding collected with the tube a quantity of the paste: he turned it about on a metal plate, previously arranged, so as to give it a form suitable for blowing, then he passed the tube to Herbert, telling him to blow at the other extremity.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Abfassung von Berichten writing of reports Abfindung compensation for loss of office Abfindung golden handshake Abfindungssumme sum of acquittance Abfluss drain Abfluss von Gold drain of bullion Abfluß; Wegfluß outflow Abfüllstation filling station Abgabebedingungen; Verkaufsbedingungen terms of sale abgabenfrei; nicht zu versteuern non-accessable abgabepflichtig dutiable Abgabepreis sales price Abgabepreis selling price Abgangszeit departure time abgeglichene Konten balanced accounts abgelaufen out of date abgelaufener Scheck stale cheque abgelaufener; verjährter Scheck stale cheque abgeleitete Nachfrage; abgeleiteter Bedarf derived demand abgeleitete Nachfrage; sekundäre Nachfrage derived demand abgeleitetes Einkommen; sekundäres Einkommen derived income abgenutze Münze worn coin abgenutzte Banknoten worn bank notes abgepackte Ware packaged goods abgeschwächter Leistungsverdienstanstieg reduced incentive abgeschwächter Leistungsverdienstanstieg weak incentive abgesichert durch eine Hypothek secured by a mortgage abgesondert clearly set aside abgezahlt paid-up abhaken tick off Abhakliste tally list abhalten von keep off from abhängig dependent abhängig sein von depend on abhängig von contingent on Abhebungen drawings abhelfen remedy Abhilfemaßnahmen corrective measures Abholfach; Verteilfach pigeon-hole Abholgroßhändler cash-and-carry wholesaler Abholgroßmarkt cash-and-carry supermarket Abitur (US) high school graduation abklären; gegeneinander aufrechnen clear Abkommen convention Abkühlungsperiode cooling-off period Abkürzung abbreviation abladen offload abladen unlade Ablagekorb filing basket Ablagekorb filing tray Ablagesystem filing system Ablauf expiry Ablauf der Frist expiration of a deadline Ablauf der Gültigkeit; Ablauf der Laufzeit expiration of the validity Ablauf der Zeit; Zeitspanne lapse of time Ablauf des Akkreditivs expiration of a letter of credit Ablauf einer Frist expiration of a time limit Ablauf einer Frist lapse of time Ablauf eines Vertrags lapse of a contract Ablauf; Ende eines Vertrags lapse of a treaty Ablaufdiagramm flow chart ablaufen run off Ablaufplan schedule Ablaufschaubild flow chart ablegen; Akte file Ablegung des Eides act of swearing ablehnen; entlassen dismiss ablehnende Antwort negative reply ablehnende Antwort negative response Ablehnung negative answer Ablehnung rejection Ablehnungsschreiben letter of regret Ablösbarkeit redeemableness ablösen redeem Ablösungssumme redemption sum Abnahme decrease Abnahme der Liquidität decrease in liquidity Abnahme der Nachfrage decrease in demand Abnahme der Preise decrease of prices Abnahme des Angebots decrease in supply Abnahme des Preises; Fallen des Preises decline in price Abnahme; Rückgang; Fall decline Abnahmebescheinigung certificate of inspection abnehmende Bevölkerung declining population abnehmende Preise falling prices abnehmender Ertrag diminishing returns abnehmender Nutzen diminishing utility abnehmendes Vertrauen declining confidence Abnehmer; späterer Abnehmer; nachfolgender subpurchaser Abnutzung wear and tear Abnutzung einer Münze abrasion of coin Abnutzungstest wearout test
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Accordingly I wrote her a letter, or rather a petition containing vows like these: “May you have children to succeed you; may God grant you this and that, if only you send me home as quickly as possible!”
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Now the two brethren were pleased with different courses of life: for Abel, the younger, was a lover of righteousness; and believing that God was present at all his actions, he excelled in virtue; and his employment was that of a shepherd.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Legislation, as we have said, borrows the pure philosophy of right, or the doctrine of the nature and limits of right and wrong, from ethics, in order to apply it from [pg 447] the reverse side to its own ends, which are different from those of ethics, and to institute positive legislation and the means of supporting it, i.e. , the state, in accordance with it.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

say the skeptics, as lovers of repose, and almost as a kind of safety police; "this subterranean Nay is terrible!
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

But as the imprudence or prodigality of a dying man might exhaust the inheritance, and leave only risk and labor to his successor, he was empowered to retain the Falcidian portion; to deduct, before the payment of the legacies, a clear fourth for his own emolument.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Abrechnung verschieben postpone settlement Abrechnungsposten clearing item Abrechnungssaldo clearing balance Abrechnungsstelle clearing house Abrechnungstag account day Abrechnungstag settlement day Abrechnungstag settling day Abrechnungszeitraum accounting period Abrechnungszeitraum fiscal period Abreisetag; Abreisetermin date of departure Abruf call abrufbar callable abrunden round off abrunden round up Abrundung rounding abrüsten to tear down Abrüstzeit clearing ttime Abrüstzeit tear-down time Abrüstzeit tearing-down time Abrüstzeit bei Arbeitsschluss shut-down time Absage letter of refusal Absagebrief letter of refusal Absatz paragraph Absatz eines Vertrages; Artikel article of a contract Absatzabsprache marketing agreement Absatzberater marketing consultant Absatzchancen sales opportunities Absatzgebiet distribution area Absatzgebiet marketing area
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

The Iliad, the tragic poetry of Greece,—Shakspeare, in the Tempest, and Midsummer Night's Dream,—and most especially Milton, in Paradise Lost, conform to this rule; and the most humble novelist, who seeks to confer or receive amusement from his labours, may, without presumption, apply to prose fiction a licence, or rather a rule, from the adoption of which so many exquisite combinations of human feeling have resulted in the highest specimens of poetry.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

This it seemed was a ledge of rock above a precipice, about two hundred feet deep, as I judged by the reflection of the stars in the stream which ran below.
— from Visits to Monasteries in the Levant by Robert Curzon

Soa Rip an' me gooes out a-walkin' o' evenin's, he bein' a dog as did credit tiv a man, an' I catches a lot o' rats an' we hed a bit of a match on in an awd dry swimmin'-bath at back o' t' cantonments, an' it was none so long afore he was as bright as a button again.
— from Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling

Villarde, of course, knew all about the country, and he told me he had sold a lot of rubber and gold in the sixteen years that he had been here, and showed me a shed near his house that was full of rubber.
— from Adventures in Bolivia by C. H. (Cecil Herbert) Prodgers

Were she to hear of my marrying a lady of rank and good fortune, my mother would be liberal, I am sure she would be liberal.
— from The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray

One of them was the gasfitter Charles Richards; another was the watchmaker Lestrange, who had originally challenged Robert to deliver himself; and the third was a tough old Scotchman of sixty with a philosophical turn, under whose spoutings of Hume and Locke, of Reid and Dugald Stewart, delivered in the shrillest of cracked voices, the Club had writhed many an impatient half-hour on debating nights.
— from Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

An American lady of respectability, also of this city, was standing by, and, in the greatest astonishment, exclaimed: "What!
— from Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820) by W. (William) Faux

"Go away, you stupid boy, and unpack your portmanteau, and don't quarrel with me," said Ingram, putting out on the table some things he had brought for Sheila; "and if you are friendly with Sheila and treat her like a human being, instead of trying to put a lot of romance and sentiment about her, she will teach you more than you could learn in a hundred drawing-rooms in a thousand years."
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various

In cases which embrace all the complications and intricacies of law, where reason seems to be lost in the chaos of technical perplexity, and obscurity and darkness assume the dignified character of science, he displays an extent of research, a range of investigation, a lucidness of reasoning, and a fervor and brilliancy of thought, that excite our wonder, and elicit our admiration.
— from Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820) by W. (William) Faux