Then he bent down swiftly to Marius, as though the sentiment of duty had returned to him, and, dipping up water in the hollow of his hand, he gently sprinkled a few drops on the latter’s face.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Explanation—Envy is generally opposed to sympathy, which, by doing some violence to the meaning of the word, may therefore be thus defined: XXIV.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

One foggy morning in January the prison gates opened and Baudru Désiré stepped forth—a free man.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

[ These thoughts were suggested to me during the perusal of the Madrigals of Giovambatista Strozzi published in Florence in May, 1593, by his sons Lorenzo and Filippo Strozzi, with a dedication to their paternal uncle, Signor Leone Strozzi, Generale delle battaglie di Santa Chiesa.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The pious-hearted are cared for by the gods; and by men honoured and worshipped as divinities, when once they have by death stripped off for ever their week-day garments.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

"But how could it have been done?" said Mary.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ware certificate of conformity of the goods Bestätigung; Bekräftigung affirmation Bestätigungsschreiben confirmatory letter Bestätigungsschreiben letter of confirmation Bestätigungsschreiben; Empfangsbestätigung letter of acknowledgement beste Qualität; Spitzenqualität highest quality bestechen bribe Bestechung bribery Bestechungsversuch attempt at bribery bestehendes Recht established law Bestellfirma; bestellende Firma ordering firm Bestellkupon; Bestellschein return coupon Bestellnummer order number Bestellschein order form Bestellschein order ticket bestelltes Material material on order Bestellung der Revisoren appointment of auditors Bestellung über die Zentrale centralized buying Bestellung von Hypotheken creation of mortgages bestens verkaufen sell at best Bestens-Auftrag market order bester Kauf best buy bestes Fabrikat best make besteuern tax besteuern; Steuer tax besteuert taxed Besteuerung taxation bestimmbar; errechenbar ascertainable bestimmende Faktor determining factor bestimmt definite bestimmt und unbedingt unconditional and definite Bestimmungen des Frachtführers regulations of the public carrier Bestimmungen des Zolls regulations of the customs Bestimmungen eines Vertrags provisions of a contract Bestimmungen; die sich auf etwas beziehen provisions affecting a subject matter Bestimmungsflughafen airport of destination Bestimmungshafen; Entladehafen port of destination Bestimmungsland country of destination Bestimmungsort destination bestmöglich at best bestmöglich at the best besuchen; Besuch visit Besucher visitor Beteiligung an einem Geschäft investment in a business Beteiligungen und andere Wertpapiere bonds and other interests Beteiligungskonto investment account betonen; hervorheben to accentuate betonen; hervorheben; herausstellen to emphasize betrachten; Ansicht view Betrachter; Zuschauer viewer betrachtet es als ihre Pflicht feels in duty bound beträchtlich considerable beträchtlich substantial beträchtliche Kursansteigerungen substantial rises Betrag amount Betrag der Kontoüberziehung amount overdrawn betragend amounting to betraut mit dem Schutz der Ware entrusted with the protection of the goods betraut mit der Verwahrung der Ware entrusted with the custody of the goods betrebsbereit ready for operation betreffen; Unternehmen concern betreffs concerning betriebliche Ausbildung in-service education betriebliche Leistung operating efficiency betriebliche Leistung output betriebliche Leistungsfähigkeit operating efficiency
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

[A; bc1] do s.t. intermittently or once in a while or occasionally.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Remember that in Rome you keep the first rank; remember that you are Pontifex; and as your school is at liberty to argue on which side you please 241 , do you rather take mine, and reason on it with that eloquence which you acquired by your rhetorical exercises, and which the Academy improved; for it is a pernicious and impious custom to argue against the Gods, whether it be done seriously, or only in pretence and out of sport.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

But I trust that this narrative will fall into the hands of many a one of them, and open his eyes as to the fact of his having been made a tool of by designing scamps to cheat his neighbors, and to be cheated himself.
— from Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives by George S. McWatters

One time most of the other servants being abroad, she was sent into the Cellar to draw a Gallon Pot full of Claret Wine; she believing it would be some time ere it were full, by reason it ran only through a small Cane whilest the Pot was filling, she lies down on her back, and resolved now to try whether she could put her feet in her neck, in order to practice some new trick of tumbling; shee soon put one there, and with some difficulty likewise put the other, when she had so done, she could not possibly undoe what she had done, her feet were as fast to her neck, as if they had grown there; and though she tumbled and tossed, yet it was all to no purpose, for she could not by any means disentangle, or disengage her self from the posture she was in; she finding her self in this condition, knew not what to do, for the Pot was now full, and the Wine ran about the Cellar, and with tumbling about she had made her Coats to fly about her 101 ears; at length she resolved to cry out, hoping her Mistress, or some other of the females of the house might hear her, and come to her rescue; this resolution she put in execution, and cryed out amain, help, help; we were all in the Room over her, and therefore soon heard her voice, but not knowing whose, or what was the matter; mine Host at length said to the boy, sirrah, run down into Cellar, and see what is the matter there; the boy did so, and after some little stay came up again, and cryes out, Oh Heavens!
— from The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other Extravagants, Comprehending the most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes: The Third Part by Francis Kirkman

"You shall hear from me, Mr. Carvel," he said. "Nay," I answered, "and fighting is to be done, sir, let us be through with it at once.
— from Richard Carvel — Volume 03 by Winston Churchill

Then the linen was not only washed, but duly starched, sprinkled, and ironed.
— from The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 1 by Gilbert Parker

It is entitled "Salander," and has for its subject the backbiting dragon sometimes called by similar name.
— from The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

They supposed that this profound and acute reasoner must be deeply skilled in the science of government.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

After that he became doggedly silent, fixing his eyes on the ground at his feet.
— from The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

Old Viking ships that sailed from Norway had both oars and brightly decorated sails.
— from Ships at Work by Mary Elting

Until now you have been most patient—phenomenally patient for a lad who loves to be doing something every minute.
— from The Story of Porcelain by Sara Ware Bassett

Next to its basket-ball decorations she remembered the Gym arranged for a play, with the running-track turned into boxes and the girls prettier than ever against the screens and pillows.
— from Smith College Stories Ten Stories by Josephine Dodge Daskam by Josephine Daskam Bacon