Gescheite Leute sind immer das beste Konversationslexikon —Clever people are always the best Conversations-lexicon.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Weaving , a notorious card-sharping trick, done by keeping certain cards on the knee, or between the knee and the under side of the table, and using them when required by changing them for the cards held in the hand.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Merritt and Dewey both kept clear of any compromising communications.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Not to be strong of limb, hard of heart, ferocious, and daring; but kind compassionate and soft.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

496 | Wu attacks Yueh, but is defeated by Kou Chien at Tsui-li.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

It was likewise the case with Kalf Arnason, who began to find into what errors he had been drawn by King Canute's persuasion.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

And because they are used to slaughter many oxen in sacrifice to devils, some solemnity must be given them in exchange for this, as that on the day of the dedication, or the nativities of the holy martyrs, whose relics are there deposited, they should build themselves huts of the boughs of trees about those churches which have been turned to that use from being temples, and celebrate the solemnity with religious feasting, and no more offer animals to the Devil, but kill cattle and glorify God in their feast, and return thanks to the Giver of all things for their abundance; to the end that, whilst some outward gratifications are retained, they may the more easily consent to the inward joys.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Kassabuch cash book Kassabuch day book Kassageschäft cash transaction Kassageschäft dealing for cash Kassageschäft spot deal Kassageschäft spot operation Kassakonto cash account Kassakurs cash price Kassakurs; Kurs für Kassageschäfte spot rate Kassamarkt cash market Kasse till Kasse gegen Dokumente cash against documents Kasse machen; die Kasse abrechnen cash up Kasse vor Lieferung cash before delivery Kasse; Kassette cash box Kassenanweisung cash order Kassenanweisung pay voucher Kassenausgang cash out Kassenbeleg cash voucher Kassenbestand balance in hand Kassenbestand cash assets Kassenbestand cash balance Kassenbestand cash holdings Kassenbestand cash in hand Kassenbestand cash in vault Kassenbestand cash on hand Kassenbuch cash journal Kassenbuchung cash entry Kassendarlehen cash loan Kasseneingang cash in Kassenkladde cash diary Kassenkonto cash account Kassenprüfung cash audit Kassenprüfung cash auditing Kassenrevision cash stock taking Kassenschalter cashier's desk Kassenstand cash position Kassenüberschuss overage of cash Kassier cashier Kassier teller Kassier der postalischen Eingang bearbeitet mail teller Kassierstelle check-out point Katalog catalogue Katastrophengebiet disaster area Katastrophenhilfe; Hilfe im Notfall emergency aid Kategorie category Kauf (auf Rechnung) purchase Kauf auf Probe purchase on approval Kauf mit Rückgaberecht sale or return Kaufabsicht purchase intention Kaufakt act of purchase Kaufanforderung purchase requisition Kaufangebot offer to buy Kaufanreiz inducement to buy Kaufanzeige bought note Kaufauftrag indent Kaufbereitschaft consumer acceptance Kaufbereitschaft disposition to buy kaufen buy Kaufentscheidung buying decision Kaufentscheidung purchase decision Käufer buyer Käufer shopper Käufer auf Raten; Mietkäufer hire-purchaser Käufer der zu dem Preis gerade noch kauft marginal buyer Käuferansturm; Käuferandrang run of customers Käuferland purchasing country Käufermarkt buyer's market Kaufgewohnheit der Verbraucher consumer buying habit Kaufhaus department store Kaufinteresse; Interesse zu kaufen buying interest Kaufinteressent prospective customer Kaufinteressentenliste list of prospective buyers Kaufkraft buying power Kaufkraft purchasing power Kaufkraft spending power Kaufkraft des Geldes value of money Kaufkraft einer Währung purchasing power of a currency Kaufkraftlenkung control of purchasing power Kaufkraftüberhang excess of purchasing power Kaufkraftüberschuß; Kaufkraftüberhang excess of purchasing power Kaufkurs buying rate Kaufleute traders käuflich buyable käuflich erwerben acquire by purchase Kauflust animation among buyers Kauflust buying power kaufmännische Kenntnisse commercial knowledge
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

April 14, 1832, Brother Young was baptized, and on the following day Brother Kimball came into the Church.
— from The Latter-Day Prophet: History of Joseph Smith Written for Young People by George Q. (George Quayle) Cannon

Harris Newmark, John D. Bicknell, Kaspare Cohn, who founded the Union Bank & Trust Co., Stephen M. White, once United States Senator from California, and whose figure in bronze stands in front of the Los Angeles County Court House, and I. W. Hellman purchased the rancho for $60,000—about $12.00 an acre.
— from The Romance of the Ranchos by E. Palmer Conner

That was but a day before Ketchim called.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

The furnace for the extraction of iron is placed in the kitchen, and is nothing but a mere cavity, 9 inches cube, which is filled up with iron-ore; [Pg 300] the furnace is surmounted by an earthen chimney, and there is a door in front of the furnace for introducing the ore, this door being kept closed during the smelting process.
— from Primitive Man by Louis Figuier