That a stone exhibits now gravity, now rigidity, now electricity, now chemical qualities, depends upon causes, [pg 180] upon impressions upon it from without, and is to be explained from these.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

We will say to the people who maintain it, if indeed any such exist now: Get first into the sphere of thought by which it is so much as possible to judge of Luther, or of any man like Luther, otherwise than distractedly; we may then begin arguing with you.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

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

Twice in my chase of Bruin I have made use of a bear-spear as my weapon of attack, and, as some newspaper writers in their search after copy have rioted furiously over my methods, I may take this opportunity to maintain that the use of a spear entails no greater cruelty than any other mode of attack and that every hunter should be armed with one in reserve, since these powerful beasts have a vitality that triumphs over a stray bullet or more unless lodged in a vital region, and when wounded their retaliation is redoubtable and easily fatal.
— from The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 128, November, 1908 by Various

Danton and his Northern riders are straining every nerve, galloping their steeds furiously––eyes fixed on the seeming-impossible goal.
— from Orphans of the Storm by Henry MacMahon

As she experienced no great inconvenience from the heat she remained ten minutes longer, when the thermometer rose to 76° above that point.
— from Science for the School and Family, Part I. Natural Philosophy by Worthington Hooker

So far Esther Clark, Mollie O’Neill and, strangely enough, Nan Graham, had earned the greatest number of honor beads, for since Nan’s unpleasant day at home a new incentive seemed to have been added to her first ambition to make herself an attractive and capable woman.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows by Margaret Vandercook

"Well, I'm no great hand for bread, as I said afore, and should eat no great matter of it, so long as I could get pork," the woman answered, evidently interested in what I had said; "but I shouldn't like to be without it altogether; and the children, especially, do love to have it with their butter.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

From this passage it would surely seem that there was nothing in nature but minute neatness and superficial effect: nothing great in her style, for an imitator of it can produce nothing great; nothing 'to enlarge the conceptions or warm the heart of the spectator.' What word hath passed thy lips, Adam severe!
— from Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt

With a single exception no gilding or gold was to be seen, although the food vessels were made of this material here as everywhere.
— from A Yellow God: An Idol of Africa by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

[pg 23] worry, mental work, alcoholism, sexual excess, nasal growths, eye-strain; in short, anything that irritates brain or body.
— from Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs