Brian's eldest son, a lad of fourteen, was not exactly an idiot, but what, in the old country, is very expressively termed by the poor people a “natural.”
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Jonah sees this; but in vain he tries to look all ease and confidence; in vain essays his wretched smile.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Thus on the theory of homoeopathic magic a person can influence vegetation either for good or for evil according to the good or the bad character of his acts or states: for example, a fruitful woman makes plants fruitful, a barren woman makes them barren.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Then not your deeds only O voyagers, O scientists and inventors, shall be justified, All these hearts as of fretted children shall be sooth'd, All affection shall be fully responded to, the secret shall be told, All these separations and gaps shall be taken up and hook'd and link'd together, The whole earth, this cold, impassive, voiceless earth, shall be completely Justified, Trinitas divine shall be gloriously accomplish'd and compacted by the true son of God, the poet, (He shall indeed pass the straits and conquer the mountains, He shall double the cape of Good Hope to some purpose,) Nature and Man shall be disjoin'd and diffused no more, The true son of God shall absolutely fuse them.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

The value indeed of an aggregate of characters is very evident in natural history.
— 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

Quand'io intesi quell'anime offense, china' il viso e tanto il tenni basso,
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Aes ipsum, quantum verus color indicat, vetus et antiquum.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Genibus flexis loqui cum illo voluit, et adstare jam tum putavit, &c. 2595 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Verzögerung delay Verzögerung lag of time Verzögerung der Versendung delay of dispatch Verzögerung des Transports delay of transport Verzögerung oder Verlust unterwegs delay or loss in transit Verzögerung von Nachrichten delay of messages Verzögerung; Nachhinken time lag Verzögerung; verzögern delay Verzögerungen; die sich ergeben bei delays arising in the Verzögerungstaktik delaying tactics verzollt duty paid Verzollung customs clearance Verzollungskosten costs of customs clearance Verzug default Verzugsaktien deferred shares Verzugsaktien deferred stock Verzugsschaden damage caused by delay Verzugszinsen interest for default Verzugszinsen interest on account of delay Verzugszinsen interest on arrears Veto veto Vetriebskosten cost of marketing a product Vetternwirtschaft nepotism Videounterhaltung video entertainment Vielfalt variety vielversprechend promising vierfach quadruplicate vierfach; in vierfacher Ausfertigung quadruplicate Viertel; Quartier; Vierteljahr quarter Vierteljahr quarter of the year Vierteljahresabrechnung quarterly account Vierteljahresende end of quarter vierteljährlich quarterly vierzehn Tage; zwei Wochen fortnight Visaverlängerung extension of visa visuell visual Visum visa vital; lebensnotwendig vital Vitamin vitamine Vitaminmangel vitamin deficiency Vitrine show-case Vizepräsident vice president Vizepräsident vice-president volkseigener Betrieb nationally owned enterprise Volkseinkommen national income volkstümlich; beliebt; gängig popular Volksvermögen national wealth Volkswirtschaft national economy Volkswirtschaft studieren study economics Volkswirtschaftspolitik political economy Volkszählung census of population voll belastete Hypothek closed mortgage voll beschäftigt fully employed voll einbezahlt paid in full voll eingezahlt fully paid voll eingezahlte Aktien fully paid shares voll eingezahlte Aktien paid up stock voll eingezahltes Kapital capital paid in full voll gedeckter Schaden loss fully covered by insurance voll haftender Teilhaber ordinary partner voll konvertierbar fully convertible voll und ganz besitzen own outright voll versichert fully insured Vollbeschäftigung full employment vollbringen achieve volle Deckung; voller Versicherungsschutz full cover volle Deckung; voller Versicherungsschutz full coverage volle Haftung absolute liability volle Haftung full liability volle Tage clear days vollendete Tat accomplished offence voller Ausfall complete failure voller Laster vicious Vollerwerbslandwirt full-time farmer völlige Erwerbsunfähigkeit total disability völlige Unabhängigkeit complete independence Vollindossament endorsement in full Vollindossament full endorsement volljährig full age volljährig of full age Vollkasko comprehensive cover Vollmacht certificate of authority Vollmacht letter of attorney Vollmacht power Vollmacht power of attorney Vollmacht warrant of attorney Vollmacht erteilen give authority to sb Vollmacht zu akzeptieren authority to accept Vollmacht zu bestätigen authority to confirm Vollmacht zu handeln authority to act Vollmacht zu negoziieren authority to negotiate Vollmacht zu unterschreiben authority to sign Vollmacht zu zahlen authority to pay Vollmachtsindossament procuration endorsement vollständige Einzelheiten folgen full details to follow vollständige Information complete information vollständiger Satz von Dokumenten full set of documents Vollständigkeit eines Dokuments sufficiency of a document vollstreckbar enforceable vollstreckbar enforceable at law Vollstreckung enforcement Vollstreckungsbefehl writ of execution Vollstreckungsgläubiger judgment creditor Vollstreckungsschuldner judgment debtor Vollzeit full time Vollzeitbeschäftigter full-time employee Vollzeitbeschäftigung full-time employment Vollzeitbetrieb full-time operation Vollzeitstellung full-time job vollziehende Gewalt; Exekutive executive authority Volontär unsalaried clerk vom Abgangsort from the point of departure vom Arbeiter selbst bestimmt detremined by the operator vom Begünstigten gezogen drawn by the beneficiary vom Begünstigten gezogene Tratten drafts drawn by the beneficiary vom Frachtführer auferlegt superimposed by the carrier vom Frachtführer ausgestellt issued by the carrier vom Frachtführer einbehalten sind shall have been collected by the carrier vom Gericht anerkannte Schuld judgnent debt vom Gericht erstellter Schuldschein judgment note vom gleichen Tag of the same date vom Handel beachtet observed in trade vom Hörensagen wissen to know from hearsay vom Käufer benannt named by the buyer vom Käufer benannt nominated by the buyer vom Käufer bestimmter Markt buyers' market vom Käufer bezeichnet as may be designated by the buyer vom Käufer gewählt chosen by the buyer vom Käufer zur Verfügung zu stellen to be provided by the buyer vom Parlament verabschiedetes Gesetz Act of Parliament vom Reisenden gewährter Kundenrabatt journey discount vom Reisenden verwaltetes Kundenkonto journey account vom Stapel laufen lassen launch vom Text verursachte Probleme problems caused by the text vom Verkäufer auf den Käufer from the seller to the buyer vom Verkäufer übergeben; angeliefert delivered by the seller vom Verkäufer zu tragende Kosten expenses to be borne by the seller vom Zeitpunkt dieser Anlieferung from the time of such tender von allen Prüfvorgängen of any checking operations von allen vorgenannten Beteiligten of all the above named parties von Anfang an from the outset von Anfang an nichtig void from the beginning von Angesicht zu Angesicht face-to-face von Atomkraft angetriebenes Schiff nuclear vessel von außerordentlichem Wert of extreme value von außerordentlicher Bedeutung of extreme importance von Bord genommen werden to be removed from the vessel von Dauer
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

It was read by small circles in various European capitals.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

E altro disse, ma non l'ho a mente; pero` che l'occhio m'avea tutto tratto ver' l'alta torre a la cima rovente, dove in un punto furon dritte ratto tre furie infernal di sangue tinte, che membra feminine avieno e atto, e con idre verdissime eran cinte; serpentelli e ceraste avien per crine, onde le fiere tempie erano avvinte.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

Armand happening to come in very early one evening, found M. l’Abbe Gondrand, the Duchess’s spiritual director, established in an armchair by the fireside, looking as a spiritual director might be expected to look while digesting his dinner and the charming sins of his penitent.
— from The Duchesse of Langeais by Honoré de Balzac

The French began cannonading it very early, with the intention of opening a breach for the assault; and the Saragossans transferred thither the greater part of their forces to defend it.
— from Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor by Benito Pérez Galdós

Nor is this contradicted by its being said that the Country was uninhabited and uncultivated, for that Country is very extensive, and in our Times, after Six Centuries, is but thinly Peopled.
— from An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, Concerning the Discovery of America, by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the Year, 1170 by John Williams

These plan-an-guare, or playing-places, were probably constructed in very early times for games or contests after the manner of the Romans, and seem to have been in use for the performance of sacred dramas up to the fifteenth century or even later.
— from Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by C. A. (Catharine Amy) Dawson Scott

Their conversation is very entertaining and learned, so that one can not be tired of their company.
— from The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2 by George Warburton

By their great Intercessor, came in sight Before the Father's Throne— We have the same Thought expressed a second time in the Intercession of the Messiah , which is conceived in very Emphatick Sentiments and Expressions.
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir