v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

Cerca de dos horas 5 estuvo en las garras del horrible demonio amarillo, cuyos resplandecientes ojos de oro producen tormento y fascinación.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The different and contrary reasons of dislike to my plan makes me suspect that it was really the true medium; and I am still of opinion it would have been happy for both sides the water if it had been adopted.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Perhaps I had better go and see what he is doing,” added Colia, running off.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

de documentos a cobrar , records of bills collectable ; libro de documentos a pagar , record of bills payable ; cuenta deudora , debit account ; cuenta acreedora , credit account ; cuenta de mercancías , bill of goods ; cuenta de pérdidas y ganancias , profit and loss account ; cerrar una cuenta , to close an account ; liquidar , to settle (an account) ; saldo a favor , a balance in favor ; saldo en contra , a balance against ; partida , item , entry ; pasar al mayor , to transfer to the ledger ; tenedor de libros , bookkeeper ; cajero , cashier ; debe , debit ; haber , credit ; activo , assets ; pasivo , liabilities ; entrada , cash receipts ; salida , expenditure ; a cargo de , charged to ; a favor de , credited to ; partida doble , double entry ; a prorrata , pro rata .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

The ancient colocasium is no doubt a close relative of the modern dasheen or taro.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

But in spite of this, Don Quixote did not leave off discharging a continuous rain of cuts, slashes, downstrokes, and backstrokes, and at length, in less than the space of two credos, he brought the whole show to the ground, with all its fittings and figures shivered and knocked to pieces, King Marsilio badly wounded, and the Emperor Charlemagne with his crown and head split in two.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Cleansing the surface of the wound, removing the hair from its neighborhood for the easier application of dressings, lint moistened with clean water, very spare diet, and careful regulation of the excretions are the only requirements in most cases.
— from A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds by Longmore, T. (Thomas), Sir

The Canadians, even before the declaration, were not adverse to war, as they considered themselves more warlike, better disciplined and could rely on their Indian allies since the peace of 1701.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 1. Under the French Régime, 1535-1760 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

It was an hour later, perhaps, when he heard Booge's voice boom out, deep and cheerful, repeating one song until his words died away in the distance: Go tell the little baby, the baby, the baby, Go tell the little baby we won't be back to-day; Go tell the little baby, the baby, the baby, Go tell the little baby they're takin' Booge away.
— from The Jack-Knife Man by Ellis Parker Butler

The decoration and campaign ribbons on his tunic showed that he had served his King in the last war as well as in this one.
— from Dave Dawson in Libya by Robert Sidney Bowen

Endless halls of statues; enormous saloons filled with glass-cases of shells; cases of innumerable birds; acres of butterflies and other insects; strange objects which I did not understand—magic globes of shining crystal, enormous masses of iron which were said to have fallen from the sky; vases and jewels; and finally, at the farther end of a corridor, a small door, softly opening, disclosed a circular room of stupendous proportions, domed above, the curving walls filled with myriads of books.
— from Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne

For two years he had endured the filthy food, the neglect, the harsh treatment, then a resourceful Belgian friend, whom he called John, in happier days a contraband runner on this very frontier, had shown him a means to escape.
— from The Man with the Clubfoot by Valentine Williams

It was a defiance, a contemptuous rejection of peace, a declaration of war more disdainful than any words could have made it.
— from The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Frederic Homer Balch

But various considerations have induced us to forego the design; and not the least of them has been, not the difficulty, but the impossibility of reducing the whole collection to a system, or of laying down any certain rule of orthography in this Oriental confusion.
— from The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Rajah of Sarawak James

The convention met in the East Room, which was distinctly and correctly represented on the sign-board; its wainscoting, the Ionic pilasters supporting a full entablature beneath a coved ceiling, all were taken down by a “Commissioner of Repairs,” and all now are happily reproduced and restored.
— from Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle

John Neilson closed his long and spotless career, at his country seat (Dornald), at Cap Rouge, on the 1st February, 1848, aged 71 years.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir