la sobrina del Penitenciario.—Me guardaré mis tonterías para consolarla a usted después que haya perdido a su hija.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Chère Varvara Petrovna, I spent two hours sitting before that picture and came away utterly disillusioned.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For instance, we should all agree in recognising Justice and Veracity as important virtues; and we shall probably all accept the general maxims, that ‘we ought to give every man his own’ and that ‘we ought to speak the truth’: but when we ask (1) whether primogeniture is just, or the disendowment of corporations, or the determination of the value of services by competition, or (2) whether and how far false statements may be allowed in speeches of advocates, or in religious ceremonials, or when made to enemies or robbers, or in defence of lawful secrets, we do not find that these or any other current maxims enable us to give clear and unhesitating decisions.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

In the country, an unpremeditated dance was very allowable; but in London, where the reputation of elegance was more important and less easily attained, it was risking too much for the gratification of a few girls, to have it known that Lady Middleton had given a small dance of eight or nine couple, with two violins, and a mere side-board collation.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

But certainly no one can imagine that you can enter into a war as by agreement, or that when the Romans have got you under their power, they will use you with moderation, or will not rather, for an example to other nations, burn your holy city, and utterly destroy your whole nation; for those of you who shall survive the war will not be able to find a place whither to flee, since all men have the Romans for their lords already, or are afraid they shall have hereafter.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

[ 416 ] Colonel Meyer got the men who killed Clark, and, upon due and ample proof, I hung them, but Surigao was never taken for a day from the list of provinces enjoying “the peace and protection of a benign civil government.”
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

His horse’s hoofs clattering after us down Abbey street.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

He also ordered those of his triremes which contained the missiles to be hurled from engines, or which were carrying archers upon deck, to sail right round the wall and to put in where it was practicable, and to take up position within shooting range, until it became impossible to put in, so that the Tyrians, being shot at from all quarters, might become distracted, and not know whither to turn in their distress.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Bedingungen unsual conditions übliche Sorgfalt ordinary care übliche Vorsicht; Umsicht usual caution üblicher Marktpreis fair market value üblicher Zinssatz conventional interest übrig bleiben remain Übung practice Übung; Gewohnheit practice Übung; Praxis practice Uhr clock Uhr; Zeit stempeln clock Uhrenstechkarte clock card Ultimatum ultimatum Ultimogeld money for monthly clearance um Akzeptierung zu erlangen to obtain acceptance um Auskunft bitten request information um bereitzustellen in order to provide um das Akkredtiv anzeigen zu lassen to have the credit advised um dem Käufer zu ermöglichen to enable the buyer um den Anforderungen gerecht zu werden to meet the requirements um den Handelsbrauch wiederzugeben to reflect the usages um die Ware an Bord zu verladen in order to load the goods on board um die Ware zu verladen in order to load the goods um es dem Käufer zu ermöglichen for the purpose of enabling the buyer to um es dem Käufer zu ermöglichen to allow the buyer um es den Parteien zu ermöglichen to enable the parties to um es ihm zu ermöglichen to enable him um Handelspapiere auszuhändigen to deliver commercial documents um Irrtümern vorzubeugen in order to guard against confusion um Kunden werben; Kundenwerbung canvass um Mengentarife zu erhalten to obtain quantity rates um Missverständnissen vorzubeugen in order to guard against misunderstandings um sich zu vergewissern to ascertain um Zahlung zu erlangen to obtain payment um zu in oder to um zu in order to um zu vermeiden in order to avoid Umbuchung eines Betrages transfer of an amount Umbuchung eines Konteneintrags transfer of an entry Umfang extent Umfang scope Umfang der Verkäufe volume of sales Umfang der Ausgaben volume of expenditures Umfang der Geschäfte volume of business Umfang der Verkäufe sales volume Umfang der Vollmacht scope of authority Umfang der Warenvorräte volume of stocks Umfang des Außenhandels volume of foreign trade Umfang des Geschäfts volume of trade Umfang des Handels volume of trade Umfang des Marktes size of the market Umfang; Band; Volumen volume Umfang; Volumen volume umfangreich; in großer Menge; sperrig bulky umfangreiche Einsparungen extensive economies umfangreiche Kollektion; großes Sortiment large assortment umfangreiche Werbung substantial advertising umfassend extensive umfassende Darstellung der Tatsachen full statement of the facts umfassende Versicherung comprehensive insurance Umgang mit Material materials handling Umgehungsstraße bypass umgekehrt reverse umgelegte Lasten absorbed burden umgesetzte Menge; Absatzmenge quantity of sales umherziehend ambulatory Umkleidezeit clothes change time umkommen perish umladen to transship Umladung transshipment Umlauf; Zirkulation circulation
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

In all the sciences , to which we have applied, we have far outdone them; and if they still excel us in many of the arts , it is either because we have wholly neglected their cultivation, or where we have made the attempt, we have taken a wrong course; and unwisely deserted the method pointed out by the ancients towards their attainment, and which, with them, had been always crowned with success.
— from A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) by Thomas Sheridan

The Committee having met to return thanks to the parliamentary supporters of the bill, their own future operations came also under debate.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Though a respectable traveller asserts, that the battle of Chæronea, by putting an end to the turbulent independence of the Grecian republics, introduced into that country an unusual degree of civil tranquillity and political repose, we cannot ourselves think so; we therefore subjoin, from Dr. Leland, a short account of the conqueror's death.
— from Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 1 of 2) With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition by Charles Bucke

They ask for an equal system of morals, founded on utility instead of caprice and unreasoning despotism, in which the same action, attended with the same consequences, whether done by man or woman, should be attended with the same portion of approbation or disapprobation; in which every pleasure, accompanied or followed by no preponderant evil, should be equally permitted to women and to men; in which every pleasure accompanied or followed by preponderant evil should be equally censured in women and in men."
— from The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis

“My lad, that’s King Neptune’s trumpeter, come to give notice that the old boy’s coming aboard us directly.
— from Peter the Whaler by William Henry Giles Kingston

The second fact is, that those powers have worked immense mischief; and that while one division of them has caused an unequal distribution of wealth, another division of them has caused an unequal distribution of thought, by concentrating attention upon subjects which inflame the imagination.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 1 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

The Governor-elect in his message spoke, of such an unjust election, as follows: "The recent elections clearly and unmistakably define the popular will and public judgment of Kentucky.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis

In ambition, selfishness, unnatural and reckless cruelty, and utter disregard of every virtuous principle and of every domestic tie, she was but the type and representative of all the rest.
— from History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt by Jacob Abbott