These considerations finally decided him to make the attempt: and he therefore issued orders to the Macedonians to get their breakfasts at daybreak, and be ready for service with all preparations completed.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

At length, just as an elderly gentleman of very dignified presence happened to be passing, a large bubble sailed majestically down, and burst right against his nose!
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

She was in a little boudoir, hung with blue damask, adorned by red flowers, with a foliage of gold, looking upon a garden; and reclined upon a sofa, her head supported on the rich tapestry which covered it.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

In the first chapter I spoke of actions that we judge to be right and what ought to be done as being “reasonable,” or “rational,” and similarly of ultimate ends as “prescribed by Reason”: and I contrasted the motive to action supplied by the recognition of such reasonableness with “non-rational” desires and inclinations.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

General Thomas went up on the 29th, and Morgan's division followed the same day, also by rail.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Singular enough that the Christian should object to this doctrine as being rather blasphemous, when his own bible abundantly and explicitly teaches the same doctrine in effect!
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Mehrwertsteuer und/oder Steuern exclusive of VAT and/or taxes ausschließlich exclusive ausschließlich für den Zweck for the limited purpose ausschließlich Mehrwertsteuer exclusive of VAT ausschließliche Lizenz exclusive licence ausschließlicher Vertrieb exclusive distribution ausschließliches Recht sole right Ausschließlichkeitsvertrag exclusive agreement Ausschließung preclusion Ausschluss exclusion Ausschluss; Vertreibung expulsion ausschmieren palm off Ausschreibung bidding Ausschreibung invitation to bid Ausschuss defective goods Ausschuss rejects Ausschuss unrectifiable rejects Ausschussarbeit defective work Ausschussware rejections Außendienst field service Außendienstmitarbeiter field worker Außeneinsatz field work Außenhandel external trade Außenhandel foreign commerce Außenhandel foreign trade Außenhandelsfinanzierung foreign trade financing Außenhandelsinformation foreign trade information Außenhandelstätigkeit foreign trade activity Außenhandelstatistik foreign trade statistics Außenhandelsverträge foreign trade contracts Außenrevisor field auditor Außenseiter outsider Außenseiter; nicht zugelassener Makler outside broker Außenstände active debts Außenstände bills receivable Außenstände book debts Außenstände money due Außenstände outstanding accounts Außenstände outstandings Außenstände receivables Außenstellenleiter field executive Außentätigkeit; Außendienst external work Außenwerbung outdoor advertising außer Dienst off duty außer Frage out of question außer in dem Umfang und in der Art except to the extent and in the manner außer Kraft setzen; umstoßen overrule außer Proportion unproportional außerberuflich outside äußere Verpackung outer packing äußerer Rand outside margin außeretatmäßig extrabudgetary außergerichtliche
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Now every action of which ignorance is the cause is not-voluntary, but that only is involuntary which is attended with pain and remorse; for clearly the man who has done anything by reason of ignorance, but is not annoyed at his own action, cannot be said to have done it with his will because he did not know he was doing it, nor again against his will because he is not sorry for it.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

He took his seat near the fire (while I remained standing near the door), and briefly related my story to her, particularly dwelling on Mrs. Williams being such a good customer that he could not refuse to bring me.
— from Forgotten Tales of Long Ago by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

John Stevenson, from Longton; also Sister Wyche, from the Potteries; William Blacast's wife, from Longton, is dead; also Brother Rigby's wife, from Clayton, and James Carlbridge, from Thornby.
— from Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) Whitney

It was only after I gave Davies the information that Custer had been driven across Broad Run and that the enemy had the bridge and were in his rear, moving towards Haymarket to intercept him, that he started his command on the gallop across the country to that village.
— from Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 by Henry C. (Henry Coddington) Meyer

Then, as he grew wider awake, he heard, somewhere in the distance, a bell ringing furiously.
— from Cap'n Eri by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Probably Macartney, and Hamilton, and Mohun, and the Duke are best remembered in our time because of the {123} effect which that fatal meeting had upon the fortunes of Beatrix Esmond.
— from A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by Justin McCarthy

RAND-MCNALLY BANKERS DIRECTORY AND BANKERS REGISTER.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1954 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

But nevertheless, even there, it is by comparatively slow degrees, and by reading for a very considerable period, that the interest is created.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various

This action raised her petticoats in such a manner that it exposed, to my gaze, one of her ivory thighs, which was large, well developed and beautifully rounded.
— from The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware by Kate Percival

[107] And to that generation how many of us belong, and what secret admiration do we cherish for it, even when we can honestly disclaim any blood relationship!
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs by Robert F. (Robert Forman) Horton

There is the swindle of the newspaper proprietor who guarantees a circulation which [358] has no existence, and who, when he takes the money of those who insert notices in his journal, knows that he is committing a deliberate and barefaced robbery.
— from A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times. by Henry Sampson