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court every day except
And though I held court every day except Sunday from [ 472 ] August to November 8th, sometimes getting in sixteen hours per day by supplementing a day’s work with a night session, death would often beat me to some one man on the jail list whom I happened to have picked out to get to the next day.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

consul et dux et
v.) discovers, in the years 952 and 956, Gratianus in Dei nomine consul et dux, Georgius consul et dux; and in 1015, Romanus, brother of Gregory VIII., proudly, but vaguely, styles himself consul et dux et omnium Roma norum senator.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

computation Errechnung des Erlöäses
Erleichterungen sind eingeschlossen facilities are included Erlös proceeds Erlös abtreten to assign proceeds Erlös aus einer Erfindung benefit of an invention erloschen extinct erlöschen expire Erlöschen eines Patents expiration of a patent Erlöskonto account of proceeds ermächtigen authorize ermächtigen empower ermächtigt empowered ermächtigt eine andere Bank authorizes another bank ermächtigter Angestellter authorized clerk Ermächtigung power of authority ermäßigte Satz; ermäßigter Preis reduced rate ermäßigte Steuer reduced tax ermäßigter Preis reduced price Ermäßigung für Schüler und Studenten reduction for students Ermäßigung von Abgaben remission Ermäßigung; Kürzung; Rabatt reduction Ermäßigung; Nachlass abatement Ermessen discretionary power Ermessensfrage matter of discretion Ermessensfreiheit power of discretion Ermessensmissbrauch abuse of discretion ermöglichen enable Ermüdung fatigue Ermüdungskurve fatigue curve ermutigen encourage Ermutigung encouragement ernannt appointed ernennbar qualified for appointment Ernennung auf Lebenszeit appointment for life Ernennungsurkunde certificate of appointment Ernennungsurkunde letter of appointment erneuern renew erneuern; verlängern renew Erneuerung renewal Erneuerung; Verlängerung renewal Erneuerungsschein certificate of renewal erneut in Betracht ziehen reconsider erneute Kauflust fresh demand eröffnende Bank opening bank Eröffnung eines Kontos opening of an account Eröffnungsbilanz opening balance sheet Eröffnungskurs beginning rate Eröffnungskurs opening price Eröffnungskurs opening rate Eröffnungsnotierungen opening quotations Eröffnungstermin opening date Erpressung blackmail errechnen compute Errechnung computation Errechnung des Erlöäses calculation of the proceeds Errichtung construction Errichtung formation Ersatz replacement Ersatzbedarf replacement demand Ersatzkosten opportunity cost Ersatzteile spare parts Ersatzwert alternative costs erscheinen to appear Erscheinungsform form of appearance Erscheinungsort place of publication erschöpfen exhaust erschöpft exhausted erschwerende Umstände aggravating circumstances Erschwerung des Absatzes hardening of the market ersetzen replace ersetzen die bestehenden Richtlinien replace the existing rules ersetzen; Ersatz substitute Ersparnisse savings Ersparnisse aufbrauchen eat up savings Erstauftrag initial order
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

compran es decir el
Por consiguiente, los compradores deben tener suficiente práctica para apreciar el rendimiento de la lana que compran; es decir, el peso a que quedará reducida una vez lavada.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

can ever directly experience
If they really were the innermost sanctuary, the ultimate one of all the selves whose being we can ever directly experience, it would follow that all that is experienced is, strictly considered, objective ; that this Objective falls asunder into two contrasted parts, one realized as 'Self,' the other as 'not-Self; 'and that over and above these parts there is nothing save the fact that they are known, the fact of the stream of thought being there as the indispensable subjective condition of their being experienced at all.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Curas edaces dissipat Evius
[4301] Curas edaces dissipat Evius .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

ciudad episcopal de esa
Mi opinión—añadió festivamente,—es que te pongas en 21 camino y pises el suelo de esa recóndita ciudad episcopal, de esa urbs augusta , y allí, en presencia de mi hermana y de su graciosa Rosarito, resuelvas si ésta ha
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

comercio exterior de este
[34] de todo el comercio exterior de este último país.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Ceprano exclaimed Don Ernano
“ Marry —Lucia Ceprano?” exclaimed Don Ernano quite taken a-back.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, May 1885 by Various

certain extent different ends
In this genus the different portions of the carapace differ most, and subserve to a certain extent different ends, and in minute structure are most complicated; here the cementing apparatus, which offers the main characteristic of the whole sub-class, is most complex; here the several pairs of cirri differ most from each other in structure and action; here the peculiar branchiæ (organs apparently derived from the modification of another organ, itself confined to Cirripedes, viz., the ovigerous fræna) are best developed; here the nervous system is most highly concentrated; and, lastly, here we meet with the largest and most massive species of the whole group.
— from A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc. by Charles Darwin

coururent en divers endroits
Ceux qui furent a une petite riviere qu'on avoit vue, au-lieu de se hater, se promenerent, et coururent en divers endroits.
— from Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by Philip Parker King

cleaned every day even
The sand tray should be removed and cleaned every day, even Sundays.
— from Studies in the Art of Rat-catching by Henry C. Barkley

Cassan et de Epulone
de Cassan, et de Epulone.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt

commerce en détail entraînent
"Nous ne prétendons pas même que les emplois les plus subalternes ou le commerce en détail entraînent pour les anciens gentilhommes d'autre dérogeance qu'une suspension passagère de leurs titres honorables," which their descendants may at any time resume.
— from The Marquis D'Argenson: A Study in Criticism Being the Stanhope Essay: Oxford, 1893 by Arthur Ogle

ch el dotto e
Robert Peterson 6 COMMENDATORY VERSES Al Signor Ruberto Peterson, esortandolo A tradurre in Inghilese il Galateo B en posson dirsi avventurate carte Quelle ch' el dotto, e gentil Casa spese: Quand' in breve discors' à insegnar prese Del honesta creanza la prima arte.
— from A Renaissance Courtesy-book: Galateo of Manners & Behaviours by Giovanni Della Casa

court Emperors dual Empire
See Writing Chariots Charities Charlemagne Chavannes, Professor Edouard Chefoo, port Chêh Kiang, province Ch'ên Ch'ang ( tabu form of Ch'ên or T'ien H&g) Ch'ên family and state Ch'ên-chou Fu Chêng, imperial name Chêng, state Ch'éng-tu, city, Chih Li, province, China, ancient nucleus of, China, old name for, ( see Hia), China, south, China unified, Chinese advisers, Chinkiang, port, Chivalry, Choh Chou, locality, Chou, collapse of, house, See Emperor Chou, Duke of, Chou dynasty, Chou dynasty, end of, Chou principality, Chou, Rites of, (see Rites), Christianity, Chronology, definite, Ch'ung-êrh, prince, Ch'unghou, Manchu envoy, Ch'ung-k'ing, modern, Church, the, Churches, none in China, Chusan Island, Chwang, King of Ts'u, Chwang-tsz, philosopher, Cities, Citizenship, Civilian King, Civilization, advance of, Clan, or gem, Clan, imperial, Classic of poetry, Classic, Law, Classics, Classification of the people, Clay documents, Clerks, See Archives and Historiographers Clerks or precentors, Clients, Coast provinces, Cochin China, Cockfighting, Coffins, Colonization, Chinese, Colours, Comets, Compass, the, Concubines, Conference, See Peace Confucius, Confucius, his birthday, Confucius, his birthplace, Confucius, his family, Confucius, his History work, Confucius, his liquor, Confucius, his literary labours, Confucius, his tampering, Confucius, his wanderings, Confusion of Tongues, Conqueror (see Founder), Conquest of China, See China Constantinople, Continuity of history, Cooks, Copper, Corea, Coreans, Corpse mutilation, Cosmogony, Cotton, Couches, Country, definition of, Counts, 29 ( see Earls), Court duty, Courtesans, Courtesy titles, Courts, vassal, Creation, the, Critics ( see Historical), Croesus, Cromwell, Oliver, Cuba, Cultivators, Customs, foreign, Cycles of time, Cyclic dates, Cyrus, Dancing women, Danube, the, Dates, definite, Dates, Julian and Gregorian, Dead, the, Democracy of Lao-tsz, Descent, rules of, Desert, Destruction of literature, Diagrams, Dialects, Dies nefas, Diplomatic adventurers, Diplomatic terms, Disciples of Confucius, (see Tso K'iu-ming), Divine right, Diviners, See Astrology Documents, Documents in bronze, Documents in stone, Documents in wood, Documents on silk, Dogs, zog, Dog-flesh, Dog Tartars, Door-keepers, Dress, Drums, Drums, stone, Drunkenness, Duke Muh of Ts'in ( see Muh), Duke of Chou, Duke of Shao, Duke of Sung, Dukes, Dukes of Confucius, 35, 135 Durbars, Dynasties, first (Hia), Dynasties, inter-related, Dynasties, second (Shang), Dynasties, third (Chou), Ears, amputation of, Ears, piercing of, Earls, See Counts Eastern Barbarians, Eastern metropolis, Eclipses, Ecliptic, Eden, garden of, Education, 89, Egret fights, Egyptian civilization, Elephants, Embassies, Japanese, Emperor, Emperor Above, or God, Emperor and Tartar marriages, Emperor's appanage, Emperor, collapse of, Emperor, early burial places, Emperor, flights from his capital, Emperor killed by barbarians, Emperor killed by Tartars, Emperor, suzerain, Emperor, title of, Emperor's court, Emperors, dual, "Empire," names for, Empire, struggle for, Empresses, Empresses—Dowager, Engineering, England, Envoys, Equinoxes, Etiquette, ( see Rites), Eunuchs, Europe and China, ancient, European critics, Euphrates, river, Evidence, historical, Exchange currency, Exogamy, Expanded Confucian histories, Explorations, Early Chinese, Expresses, Exterminating punishments,
— from Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker

continua extraccion de enormes
Marruecos hasta los últimos dominios del emperador Turco, por el Mediterráneo todo; vióse á menudo la bandera española en Levante, y las mismas naciones mercantiles que la persiguieron indirectamente, preferíanla ahora, resultando el aumento del comercio y de la Real marina, y la pericia de sus tripulaciones, y el mayor brillo de España y de su augusto Soberano: termino hubo la esclavitud de tantos millares de infelices con abandono de sus familias é indelebles perjuicios de la religion y el Estado, cesando tambien la continua extraccion de enormes sumas para los rescates que, al paso que nos empobrecian, pasaban á enriquecer á nuestros contrarios, y á facilitar sus armamentos para ofendernos; y se empezaban á cultivar rápidamente en las costas del Mediterráneo leguas de terrenos los más fertiles del mundo, desamparados y eriales hasta entónces por miedo á los piratas, y donde se formaban ya pueblos enteros para dar salida á los frutos y las manufacturas.’
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle


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