Especially if it be a living creature, which its motions render so credible that Plato affirms it, and that many of our people do either confirm, or dare not deny it; no more than that ancient opinion that the heavens, the stars, and other members of the world, are creatures composed of body and soul, mortal in respect of their composition, but immortal by the determination of the Creator.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

[Footnote: H. Rickert, Der Gegenstand der Erkenntniss, chapter on 'Die Urtheilsnothwendigkeit.']
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

zusätzlichen Klauseln bears no superimposed clauses enthält wertvolle Information contains useful information enthalten contain enthalten in contained in Enthaltsamkeit abstinence enthüllen reveal Enthüllung disclosure entkommen escape Entladehafen port of discharge Entladekosten unloading charges entladen unload Entladerampe unloading bay entlassen dismiss entlassen laid off entlassen; Entlassung discharge Entlassung dismissal Entlassung; Entlastung discharge Entlassungsgrund cause of dismissal Entlassungsschreiben notice of dismissal Entlastung eines Konkursschuldners discharge of a bankrupt Entlastung eines Treuhänders discharge of a trustee Entlastungsklausel escape clause entlaufen; davongelaufen gone estray Entleiher der zu dem Preis gerade noch leiht marginal borrower Entleiher; Borger borrower Entlohnung remuneration Entlohnung wages Entlohnung; Gehalt; Einkommen remuneration Entnahmeschein stock requisition entrusted die mit dem Vorgang betraute
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

In trees affected by no discoverable external cause of death, decay begins at the topmost branches, which seem to wither and die for want of nutriment.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

As representatives of the citizens of Oregon, we beg your acceptance of our sincere acknowledgments of the obligations we are under to yourself and your honorable associate for the high regard you have manifested for the authorities of our provisional government, and the special anxiety you have ever shown for our peace and prosperity; and we assure you that we consider ourselves in duty bound to use every exertion in our power to put down every cause of disturbance, as well as to promote the amicable intercourse and kind feelings hitherto existing between ourselves and the gentlemen of the Hudson’s Bay Company, until the United States shall extend its jurisdiction over us, and our authority ceases to exist.
— from A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by W. H. (William Henry) Gray

In a few more strides, Alex would be over its outer perimeter spiralling down endless chutes of dirt.
— from The Land of Look Behind by Paul Cameron Brown

[In the year 1661 Winston and some others sent a letter to Cromwell, through General Lambert, in which they charge the English army in Scotland “with divers errors countenancing of deposed ministers to preach silencing of ministers that preach of state proceedings , and suffering officers to preach,” &c.— Whithel's Memorials p. 497.—
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

The common course of desultory debate (even conquest over declaimers of my own calibre) would have led to no distinction.
— from Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Barrington, Jonah, Sir

Jersey unicameral Assembly of the States of Jersey (58 seats; 55 are voting members, of which 12 are senators elected for six-year terms, 12 are constables or heads of parishes elected for three-year terms, 29 are deputies elected for three-year terms, the bailiff and the deputy bailiff, and 3 non-voting members includes the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General, and the Solicitor General appointed by the monarch) elections: last held 15 October 2008 for senators and 26 November 2008 for deputies (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 55 Jordan bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of the Senate, also called the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan (55 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies, also called the House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwaab (110 seats; members elected using a single, non-transferable vote system in multi-member districts to serve four-year terms); note - six seats are reserved for women, nine seats are reserved for Christian candidates, nine seats are reserved for Bedouin candidates, and three seats are reserved for Jordanians of Chechen or Circassian descent elections: Chamber of Deputies - last held 20 November 2007 (next scheduled to be held in 2011) election results: Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - IAF 6, independents and other 104; note - seven women serve in the Assembly, six of whom filled women's quota seats and one was directly elected Kazakhstan bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (47 seats; 15 members are appointed by the president; other members are elected by local assemblies; members serve six-year terms, but elections are staggered with half of the members up for re-election every three years) and the Mazhilis (107 seats; 9 out of the 107 Mazhilis members are elected by the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, a presidentially appointed advisory body designed to represent the country's ethnic minorities; non-appointed members are popularly elected to serve five-year terms) elections: Senate - (indirect) last held October 2008; next to be held in 2011; Mazhilis - last held 18 August 2007 (next to be held in 2012)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The difference that led up to the present complications need not now be discussed, every consideration of duty and patriotism demands that a remedy for existing troubles be found and applied.
— from The Pullman Boycott: A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns