If it be a sufficient proof, that we have the idea of a vacuum, because we dispute and reason concerning it; we must for the same reason have the idea of time without any changeable existence; since there is no subject of dispute more frequent and common.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Cut , to run away, move off quickly; to cease doing anything; CUT AND RUN , to quit work, or occupation, and start off at once— Sea phrase, “ CUT the cable and RUN before the wind;” to CUT DIDOES , synonymous with to CUT CAPERS ; CUT A DASH , make a show; CUT A CAPER , to dance or show off in a strange manner; CUT A FIGURE , to make either a good or bad appearance; CUT IT , desist, be quiet, go away, leave what you are doing and run; CUT IT SHORT , cease being prolix, “make short work” of what you have in hand; CUT OUT , to excel, thus in affairs of gallantry one Adonis is said to CUT the other out in the affections of the wished-for lady— Sea phrase, from CUTTING out a ship from the enemy’s port.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

These fears, when not affected, may be very pretty; but they shew a degree of imbecility, that degrades a rational creature in a way women are not aware of—for love and esteem are very distinct things.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

dem Käufer so zur Verfügung gestellt put at the disposal of the buyer dem Luftfrachtführer übergeben deliver into the charge of the air carrier dem Plan folgend according to plan dem Reisenden erteilter Kundenauftrag journey order dem Versender Anweisungen erteilen to give the seller instructions dementsprechend to that effect dementsprechend benachrichtigen to advise accordingly demographische Merkmale demographic characteristics Demonstrationseffekt demonstration effect demzufolge eine Bank whereby a bank den Markt bestimmend market-dominating den Anforderungen entsprechen to be up to the mark den Arbeitsbeginn registrieren clock in den Arbeitsbeginn stempeln to clock in den Arbeitsschluss stempeln to clock out den Bedarf decken satisfy needs den Beförderungsvertrag abschließen contract for the carriage den Bestimmungen zuwiderhandeln to infringe the provisions den Beweis erbringen to produce evidence den Dienst quittieren; ausscheiden to quit the service den Diskontsatz erhöhen (Br.) put up the bank ra
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Left by their guide, the travelers remained a few minutes in helpless ignorance, afraid even to move along the broken rocks, lest a false step should precipitate them down some one of the many deep and roaring caverns, into which the water seemed to tumble, on every side of them.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

It so happened that Christophe took a look into the street before drawing the bolts of the door; and Rastignac, coming in at that moment, could go up to his room without making any noise, followed by Christophe, who made a great deal.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

His lordship made all his inquiries by deputy, and remained continually in company with Sir Percival downstairs.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"'He never can go home as he came,' declared a rainbow, craning its long curved neck like a giraffe's over the heads of the others.
— from A Round Dozen by Susan Coolidge

Success or failure probably depends more upon the cumulative effect of many combats entailing physical exhaustion, than upon the issue of any one particular battle; and whilst observation might quite well fail to distinguish any resultant change in the relative positions of the birds, or any harmful effect upon their constitutions, yet the area occupied by this one might be sufficiently curtailed to prejudice the welfare of the young, or the vitality of that one might be seriously impaired—and we should be none the wiser.
— from Territory in Bird Life by Henry Eliot Howard

She had not only learned a new and striking viewpoint in natural history, but a clear intimation to the reason why she had vaguely imagined or divined a remarkable character in this man.
— from The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey

↑ 28 Gunkel also takes the view “that before Jesus there was a belief in Christ’s death and resurrection current in Jewish syncretic circles ( op.
— from The Christ Myth by Arthur Drews

It deserves a regular celebration; it surely does.
— from Ride Proud, Rebel! by Andre Norton

Just north of it we discovered a ruin called Ibzîk, which is unquestionably a Bezek known to Eusebius, and probably the place where Saul collected his army before attacking the Ammonites (1 Sam. xi. 8).
— from Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure by C. R. (Claude Reignier) Conder

While the Boer war is proceeding a diversion upon a large scale is being effected in Asia which may result in deferring progress in Africa, or history may be brought to repeat itself by the production of some African Attila or Grenseric or a Saladin or another Moselikatse or Mahdi, whose overrunning hordes will efface all the good work thus far done and restore conditions in accord with his murderous sway, whilst at the same time revelling over the ominous developments looming in Europe and America for the production of giant strikes and other imminent socialistic outbursts which could all be prevented, or at least staved off for a long time, if the existing immense spheres for civilizing outlets could only be peaceably utilized.
— from Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked by C. H. Thomas

I understand how matters stand between you and Walter, and as he is to be here to-morrow; you of course will feel some delicacy about remaining, consequently I release you from all obligations to do so."
— from Homestead on the Hillside by Mary Jane Holmes

7.— Chest , deep and round, carrying its fulness well back of the elbows, thus affording abundant internal room for the action of the heart and lungs.
— from Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock Short Horns, Ayrshires and Devons by Various

'About thirty,' I told him, doing a rough calculation in my head, and he told his black pal, and they jerked their thumbs towards the mountains.
— from On Foreign Service; Or, The Santa Cruz Revolution by T. T. (Thomas Tendron) Jeans