Smith, D. D., lauded the bravery of the Baron and his men at the Battle of Yorktown, whereupon General Washington in thanking the members of the Society for their forethought in tendering the reception to the noble officer (he subsequently decorated Ferson with the “Order of the Cincinnati” for valor displayed) expressed his pleasure at being present among the people of his forefathers’ blood, as he claimed descent from the family of Wass, who emigrated from Denmark in the year A. D. 970, and settled in the County Durham, England, where they built a small town, calling it Wass-in-ga-tun (town of Wass.)”
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

The lake, as I have hinted, was to a considerable depth exceedingly transparent; and as human infants while suckling will calmly and fixedly gaze away from the breast, as if leading two different lives at the time; and while yet drawing mortal nourishment, be still spiritually feasting upon some unearthly reminiscence;—even so did the young of these whales seem looking up towards us, but not at us, as if we were but a bit of Gulfweed in their new-born sight.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

He had no mother—no anything in the way of a relative, that I could discover, except a sister, who fled to America the moment we had taken him off her hands; and he became quartered on us like a horrible young changeling.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Talleyrand said that a government could do everything with bayonets except sit on them.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Conception et commercialisation d'un livre électronique, conception, développement et gestion d'un site internet de diffusion de livres numériques, préparation et formatage de livres numériques.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Whence he inferred that "if one of the States chose to withdraw its name from the contract, it would be difficult to disprove its right of doing so; and that the Federal Government would have no means of maintaining its claims directly, either by force or by right."
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

In the skeletons of the several breeds, the development of the bones of the face, in length and breadth and curvature, differs enormously.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Eî corôna â cônsule data est quia summâ virtûte pugnâverat et
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Ware the existence of the goods das Wesen des Vertrags the character of the contract das wird den Verbraucher schützen this will protect the consumer das wird die Nachfrage hoch halten this will keep the demand high das wird unsere Umsätze erhöhen this will increase our turnover das Wohlwollen zu mehren to enhance goodwill das Zahlungsland the country of payment das zunehmende Interesse in the increasing interest in daß die Ware angeliefert worden ist that the goods have been delivered daß die Ware entladen wird for the goods to be discharged daß die Ware entladen wird for the goods to be unloaded daß die Ware gelöscht wird for the goods to be landed daß die Ware übergeben ist that the goods have been delivered daß die Ware verladen ist that the goods have been loaded daß Zahlung veranlasst wird that payment will be made Daten data Datenberichtigung adjustment of data Datenblock block of data Datenerfassung collection of data Datenfluß flow of data Datenfluß flow of information Datenverarbeitung data processing datieren; Datum; Verabredung date Datowechsel bill after date Datum der Auftragserteilung ordering date Datumstempel dater Datumstempel der Post postmark Dauer duration Dauer length of time Dauer der Unbesetztheit des Systems unoccupied time Dauer der Unbesetztheit im Arbeitszyklus unoccupied cycle time Daueranzeige permanent advertisement Dauerauftrag standing order Dauerbetrieb continuous operation dauerhaft durable dauerhaft lasting dauerhaft permanent dauerhaft; unverderblich durable Dauerinventur continuous inventory Dauerkunde standing customer dauernde Erwerbsunfähigkeit permanent disability Dauerplakat; Daueranschlag permanent poster Dauerstellung long-term appointment dazwischenzwängen sqeeze in Debitoren; Forderungen accounts receivable Debitposten debit item Debitzinssatz overdraft interest rate Deck deck Deckadresse accommodation address decken cover decken; Umschlag cover decken; unterstützen back Deckfracht deck cargo Deckung backing Deckung cover Deckung coverage Deckung insurance coverage Deckung beschaffen provide cover Deckungsbestätigung cover note Deckungsbestätigung eines Schecks certification of a cheque Deckungsgeschäft hedging transaction Deckungsgeschäfte hedging Deckungskauf covering purchase Deckungskäufe des Baisse-Spekulanten bear covering Deckungsverhältnis cover ratio Deferred-Payment-Akkreditive deferred payment credit Definition definition Defizit deficiency Defizit der Zahlungsbilanz external deficit Defizit; Fehlbetrag deficit Deflation deflation Dekorationspapier decoration paper Delcredereprovision delcredere commission Delegation delegation delegieren delegate Delikatessenladen delicatessen shop dem Bezogenen vorgelegt presented to the drawee dem die Ware zu übergeben ist into whose charge delivery is to be made dem gegenwärtigen Handelsbrauch angepasst in line with the current practice dem Gesetz entsprechend; nach dem Gesetz according to the law dem Hafenbrauch entsprechend in the manner customary at the port dem Inhaber übertragen convey to the bearer dem Käufer ein Konnossement beschaffen furnish the buyer a B/L dem Käufer etwas besorgen provide the buyer with sth.
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

"Do you know what I have determined upon?" said Barbarina, turning away, so that her face might not be seen; "as I cannot dance either to-day or to-morrow, I will find some other mode of employing my time.
— from Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

He could doubt everything else, but he could not doubt that he, the thinking doubter, existed.
— from Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh

At the cottage door Elinor stood bathed in the crimson light that flooded earth and sky.
— from Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644 by Maud Wilder Goodwin

Washington was full of the earth and leaf odours of the spring, which rose in gusts from its trees and gardens; and rugged, swiftly moving clouds disclosed every now and then what looked like hurrying stars.
— from Marriage à la mode by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Morillot, L. : De la condition des enfants nés hors mariage dans l'antiquité et au moyen âge en Europe.
— from The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

For even if we could directly experience things in themselves, and apprehend them as conforming to the categories, such conformity would still be known only as contingent.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

Some one was paying for them, and on certain days even permitted them to invite the skippers of the fishing boats and tramp vessels.
— from Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

He is said to be brutal, sensual, cynical, displaying excessive piety, professing a stern, uncompromising, exterminating creed.
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola

The ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan over the ethnic Armenian-dominated region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the breakup of the centrally directed economic system of the former Soviet Union contributed to a severe economic decline in the early 1990s.
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency