In [4775] Naples the fruit of the soil and pleasant air enervate their bodies, and alter constitutions: insomuch that Florus calls it Certamen Bacchi et Veneris , but
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

We all lived in rooms in the college building, except Vallas, who had a family, and rented a house near by.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

With Illustrations in Colours by E. V. B. Royal 4to, cloth, 25 s. Andrews (Dr.) Latin-English Lexicon.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

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

As when to warn proud Cities warr appears Wag'd in the troubl'd Skie, and Armies rush To Battel in the Clouds, before each Van Pric forth the Aerie Knights, and couch thir spears Till thickest Legions close; with feats of Arms From either end of Heav'n the welkin burns.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

The examinations, however, in the higher branches of knowledge should, I conceive, be entirely voluntary.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Skie, and Armies rush To Battel in the Clouds, before each Van Pric forth the Aerie Knights, and couch thir spears Till thickest Legions close; with feats of Arms From either end of Heav’n the welkin burns.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

The two become distinct only when the facts inferred cannot be easily verified or have not yet been merged with the notion representing the given object in most men's minds.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

You can buy enough velvet in Genoa for twenty-five dollars to make a five hundred dollar cloak in New York--so the ladies tell me.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

[119] I opened them longitudinally, and found a pretty large cavity, but entirely void of any liquor.
— from Buffon's Natural History, Volume 03 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c. by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

All these facts, which can be easily verified if the subject of malaria be studied on the spot and without any preconceived notions, explain the tendency which has always been manifested to attribute this specific poisoning of the air to a living organism which is multiplied in the soil; and they also explain the ardor with which hygienists have applied themselves to the production of the scientific proof.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

LITHOGRAPHED preferred stock certificate, with stub, orange color border eagle vignette.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1951-1959 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

As one whose intellect was generally a discerning one, when not clouded by exciting vagaries, he had had, all his life, the idea of enjoying goodness for itself—at some time or other.
— from Geoffrey Hampstead: A Novel by Stinson Jarvis

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Archbishop Agostino CACCIAVILLAN chancery: 3339 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 333-7121 Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Corrine BOGGS embassy: Villa Domiziana, Via Delle Terme Deciane 26, Rome 00153 mailing address: PSC 59, APO AE 09624 telephone:
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The college was confiscated by Edward VI. and turned into a vicarage, but re-established by Queen Mary.
— from Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England by Edward Lewes Cutts

Up Benozzo's hillside woods of cypress and pine, smelling of myrrh and sweet-briar, over Perugino's green rising grounds, towards those slender, scant-leaved trees, straight-stemmed acacias and elms, by the water in the cool, blue evening valley.
— from Limbo, and Other Essays; To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee

Dogs .—There is no native wild dog in Ceylon, but every village and town is haunted by mongrels of European descent, which are known by the generic description of Pariahs .
— from Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Only those people who have died in the period covered by each volume receive mention in that volume, and the next one will be for 1946–48!...
— from The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2) by Effendi Shoghi

That council, besides enacting very severe laws against usury, denounced the privilege accorded in Spain to Jews, whereby Jewish witnesses were requisite for the conviction of Jewish defendants.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea