Gloster was very foolish, but surely not so foolish as to pass unnoticed this improbability; or, if so foolish, what need for Edmund to forge a letter rather than a conversation, especially as Gloster appears to be unacquainted with his son's handwriting?
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

He is an outgrowth of the moral principle of the Christian era; and traced to his origins he is simply a [ Pg 211] personification of the adversary in the never-ending struggle on earth between light and darkness.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

As I have pointed out before and shall have occasion to do so again, a comparative examination, assisted by psychology, of the emotions and ideas of average modern humanity is a most valuable aid to ethnological inquiry.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

“By your good offices, dear mother, who are always doing good: and yet,” continued Egremont, after a moment’s pause, “I am not disposed to write to Marney, especially to ask a favour.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Paradise, by reason of the plenty of waters, in promptu causa est , and the deserts of Arabia barren, because of rocks, rolling seas of sands, and dry mountains quod inaquosa (saith Adricomius) montes habens asperos, saxosos, praecipites, horroris et mortis speciem prae se ferentes , uninhabitable therefore of men, birds, beasts, void of all green trees, plants, and fruits, a vast rocky horrid wilderness, which by no art can be manured, 'tis evident.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“I repeat this conversation exactly as it occurred.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

El cazador exclamó al instante: '¡Muérete!'
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

I am influenced—conquered; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph I can win.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

The following Cheaper Editions are issued with a few of the Illustrations, in paper wrapper, price 1s.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

Einbauten und Zubehör fixtures and fittings Einbehaltung der Lohnsteuer pay-as-you-earn Einberufung einer Versammlung calling of a meeting einbezahlt paid in einbezahlt paid-in einbezahltes Kapital paid up capital einbezahltes Kapital paid-in capital einbezahltes Kapital paid-up capital einblenden fade in einbringen yield einbringen; einführen introduce einbringen; Ertrag yield einbürgern naturalize Einbürgerung naturalization eindeutig abgesondert clearly set aside eindeutig; Zweideutigkeit ausgeschlossen clear without ambiguity Eindruck impression eindrucksvoll impressive eine Abmachung nicht einhalten break an engagement eine Akte verlegen to misplace a file eine andere als die Einreicherbank other than the remitting bank eine andere Firma übernehmen to absorb another company eine Änderung des Akkredtivs an amendment to the credit eine Angabe des Zinssatzes an indication of the rate of interest eine
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Dr. and Mrs. Brown have become the parents of two children, Elsie and Basil.
— from Montreal from 1535 to 1914. Vol. 3. Biographical by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

Guildhall .—This may be regarded as the Town-hall , or what the French would call the Hotel de Ville , of London; where are held meetings of the livery to elect members of parliament, lord mayor, p. 89 sheriffs, and others, and where the grandest civic entertainments are given.
— from Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood Being a Concise Description of the Chief Places of Interest in the Metropolis, and the Best Modes of Obtaining Access to Them: with Information Relating to Railways, Omnibuses, Steamers, &c. by Anonymous

One year they determined to beat the Democrats in the coming election and set about it with considerable vim.
— from A Survivor's Recollections of the Whitman Massacre by Matilda Sager

Yet even thus they did not carry enough, as there was no longer food in the camp.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

“Clever Englishman; and as he supposed you to be a paid companion, was he, also, some gentleman’s gentleman?”
— from The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan

But when we think of the genus of any corporeal essence as “material,” and the differentia as “formal,” we must not consider these “metaphysical parts” as really distinct; whereas the “physical parts” of a corporeal substance (such as man) are really distinct.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey

And I wish he had more carefully revised the three just mentioned, following the example of Cicero, Erskine and Webster, who habitually corrected and improved their words after they had been spoken.
— from The Brothers' War by John C. (John Calvin) Reed

Où la chèvre est attachée il faut qu’elle broute
— from French Idioms and Proverbs A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties" by de (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) V. Payen-Payne

The tender [58] ends will cook enough at first, for ten minutes, in the steam, and then the bunches should be turned down sideways for thirty minutes more.
— from Cookery for Little Girls by Olive Hyde Foster