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bear interest Zinsen erbringen

bear covering Deckungskäufe des Baisse-Spekulanten bear interest Zinsen erbringen bear market Baisse bear market Markt mit stetig fallenden Kursen bearer Überbringer, Inhaber bearer bond Inhaberschuldverschreibung bearer cheque Inhaberscheck bearer paper
— from Mr. Honey's Small Banking Dictionary (English-German) by Winfried Honig

be in Zanzibar ere

The other cruiser had gone on before with a large cargo of the freed slaves, and would be in Zanzibar ere now.
— from The Sauciest Boy in the Service: A Story of Pluck and Perseverance by Gordon Stables

But in Zola even

But in Zola even the ideals are undesirable; Zola's mercy is colder than justice—nay, Zola's mercy is more bitter in the mouth than injustice.
— from A Chesterton Calendar Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C.' both in verse and in prose. With a section apart for the moveable feasts. by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

by Israel Zangwill END

[The end of Jinny the Carrier by Israel Zangwill] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Jinny the Carrier, by Israel Zangwill *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JINNY THE CARRIER *** *****
— from Jinny the Carrier by Israel Zangwill

bin ich zu eilig

Postscript in Henriette's writing:— "Doch, wie dies alles zugegangen, Erzähl' ich euch zur ändern Zeit, Dazu bin ich zu eilig heut.
— from Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 2. The Romantic School in Germany by Georg Brandes

business is zealously excluded

All that relates to business is zealously excluded from the home, and it frequently happens that the wife or the child [374] has never entered the office of husband or father, nor does the father ever mention business matters in the home circle.
— from Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Péter Vay

but in zealous efforts

England having failed to accomplish our overthrow in the two great wars of 1776 and 1812, she commenced the third war upon us, not from the mouths of her cannon, but in zealous efforts, continued now for more than a fourth of a century, to divide the Union, by the agitation of this question.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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