Nascentes morimur, finisque ab origine pendet —We are born but to die ( lit. die in being born), and our end hangs on to our beginning. Manilius.
— 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.

I also visited my Lord Hinchingbroke, at his chamber at White Hall, where I found Mr. Turner, Moore, and Creed, talking of my Lord Sandwich, whose case I doubt is but bad, and, I fear, will not escape being worse, though some of the company did say otherwise.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Like the water, the Walden ice, seen near at hand, has a green tint, but at a distance is beautifully blue, and you can easily tell it from the white ice of the river, or the merely greenish ice of some ponds, a quarter of a mile off.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

But [ 33 ] I may add at once that in studying the Kula in that part, I ipso facto studied its adjacent branches between the Trobriands and the Amphletts, between the Trobriands and Kitava, and between the Trobriands and Dobu; seeing not only the preparations and departures in Boyowa, but also the arrival of the natives from other districts, in fact, following one or two of such expeditions in person.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

The ferment subsided; but every accident betrayed the impotence of the government, and the factious temper of the people: the guards were disposed to mutiny as often as their quarters were changed, or their pay was withheld: the frequent calamities of fires and earthquakes afforded the opportunities of disorder; the disputes of the blues and greens, of the orthodox and heretics, degenerated into bloody battles; and, in the presence of the Persian ambassador, Justinian blushed for himself and for his subjects.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Some of them took an insane delight in being beaten and trampled upon.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

It is an oblong sign of glazed Delft tiles, decorated in blue, brown, and yellow, representing a youth pouring coffee.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

aut, cum dicitur inter bonos bene agier , quicquam agi dolose aut malitiose potest?
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Druck pressure Druck auf den Geldmarkt pressure on the money market drücken sqeeze down drucken; Druck print drückende Hypothek burden of a mortgage drückende Last heavy burden drückende Schulden burden of debts drückende Steuern burden of taxes Druckerei print shop Druckerei printers' shop Druckerei printing plant Druckerei printing shop druckfertig printable Druckort place of printing druckreif ready for press Drucksache printed matter Dubiose bad debt Dubiose bad debts Dubiose doubtful accounts Dubiose dubious debts Dubiose uncollectible receivables dubiose Außenstände doubtful debts Dubiosekonto delinquent account Dumping; Preisschleuderei dumping Dumping; Unterbietung dumping Dünndruckausgabe der Zeitung air edition Duplikat; zweifach duplicate durch by the use of durch Abstammung erworbene Staatsbürgerschaft nationality by descent durch Akzeptleistung by acceptance durch Angabe by indicating durch automatische Datenverarbeitung by automatic data processing durch automatische Datenverarbeitung by methods of automated data processing durch das Löschen by reason of the unloading durch den Vertrag bedingt involved in the contract durch die avisierende Bank through the advising bank durch die Benennung einer Bank by nominating a bank durch die bisherigen Richtlinien by existing rules durch die Einfuhr by reason of the importing durch die Hintertür through the back-door durch die Zulassung der Negoziierung by allowing for negotiation durch diese Grenze getrennt separated by that frontier durch Dokumente belegt documentary durch eigene Arbeit verdientes Einkommen earned income durch ein drittes Land through another country durch ein oder mehrere Drittländer through one or more countries durch ein Telekommunikationsmittel beauftragen instruct by any teletransmission durch eine andere Bank through another bank durch eine Hypothek abdecken cover by a mortgage durch einen bevollmächtigten Beauftragten by a duly accredited agent durch einen einzigen Schiedsrichter by a sole arbitrator durch einen Hinweis in dem Kredit by wording in the credit durch einen Schiedsrichter by one arbitrator durch einen Zusatz by adding words to this effect durch einfache Übergabe by simple delivery durch elektronische Datenverarbeitung by methods of electronic data processing durch Erfüllung by performance durch Ermächtigung einer Bank zu handeln by authorizing a bank to act durch Ersuchen einer Bank zu handeln by requesting a bank to act durch Frachtführer by public carrier durch Geburt erworbene Staatsbürgerschaft nationality by birth durch Handschlag by handshake durch Handzeichen show of hands durch hinausgeschobene Zahlung by deferred payment durch Indossament begeben; übertragen negotiate by endorsement durch Indossament oder auf anderem Wege by endorsement or otherwise durch Indossament sicherstellen providing by endorsement durch Indossierung by endorsement durch irgendeine Bank by any bank durch mehrere Schiedsrichter by more arbitrators durch Negoziierung by negotiation durch nichtbegebbare Dokumente by non-negotiable instruments durch Sichtzahlung by sight payment durch Testament by will durch unerlaubte Mittel; auf unerlaubte Weise by unfair means durch Unfall verursacht accidental durch Unmöglichkeit der Erfüllung by impossibility durch Vereinbarung by agreement durch
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Butter the shape the size the Charlotte is intended to be; cut strips of bread long enough to reach from the bottom to the rim of the shape, so that the whole be lined with bread; dip each bit into melted butter, and put a layer of fried apples, and one of apricot jam or marmalade, and then one of bread dipped into butter; begin and finish with it.
— from A Poetical Cook-Book by Maria J. Moss

"I hope not," was the answer; "the Bible tells us there is a time for everything, and it bids us 'be diligent in business;' but also 'fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.'
— from Mildred at Home: With Something About Her Relatives and Friends. by Martha Finley

Schuldenlast burdened with belastet mit business cycle policy Konjunkturpolitik business dealings geschäftliche Transaktionen business done getätigter Umsatz business environment risk index Länderrisikenindex business forecasts Voraussage der geschäftlichen Entwicklung business on joint account Geschäft auf gemeinsame Rechnung business papers Geschäftspapiere business premises Geschäftsräume business year Geschäftsjahr buy at cheapest billigst kaufen buy best billigst kaufen buy cheapest billigst kaufen buy outright gegen sofortige Bezahlung kaufen buyer's option Kaufoption buying power Kauflust buying rate Kaufkurs buying-up Aufkauf by a collection order von einem Inkassoauftrag by a working party von einer Arbeitsgruppe by acceptance durch Akzeptleistung by allowing for negotiation durch die Zulassung der Negoziierung by any bank durch irgendeine Bank by authorizing a bank to act durch Ermächtigung einer Bank zu handeln by deferred payment durch hinausgeschobene Zahlung by existing rules durch die bisherigen Richtlinien by means of a separate document mittels eines besonderen Dokuments by methods of automated data processing durch automatische Datenverarbeitung by methods of electronic data processing durch elektronische Datenverarbeitung by mortgage hypothekarisch by negotiation durch Negoziierung by nominating a bank durch die Benennung einer Bank by order of im Auftrag von by other expeditious means auf anderem schnellem Wege by request auf Verlangen by requesting a bank to act durch Ersuchen einer Bank zu handeln by sight payment durch Sichtzahlung by the quickest mail mit schnellstem Postversand by their nature ihrer Natur nach by way of loan vorschußweise by wording in the credit durch einen Hinweis in dem Kredit C cable money telegrafische Anweisung cable rate Kabelkurs cable transfer telegrafische Überweisung calculable berechenbar calculate ausrechnen calculated assets Sollbestand calculation of charges Berechnung der Kosten calculation of interest Zinsberechnung calculation of proceeds Ertragsberechnung calculation of profits Gewinnberechnung calculation of value Wertberechnung calculator Rechner calendar year Kalenderjahr calendar day Kalendertag calendar month Kalendermonat calendar week Kalenderwoche call Abruf call of more Nochgeschäft call for capital Kapital zur Einzahlung aufrufen call in money Darlehen kündigen call in a mortgage eine Hypothek kündigen call in securities
— from Mr. Honey's Small Banking Dictionary (English-German) by Winfried Honig

Thus we pass on to the curve of Whitecliff Bay, where the chalk of the Downs is broken by an expanse of Eocene beds, making for the geologist a foretaste {61} SANDOWN BAY of that more glowing transformation scene shown in Alum Bay at the Island’s western end.
— from Isle of Wight by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

@Iceland:Geography Location: Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK Geographic coordinates: 65 00 N, 18 00 W Map references: Arctic Region Area: total: 103,000 sq km land: 100,250 sq km water: 2,750 sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Kentucky Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 4,988 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers Terrain: mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

It was then that the thing for which Steele stood, the Ranger Service—to help, to save, to defend, to punish, with such somber menace of death as seemed embodied in his cold attitude toward resistance—took hold of Linrock and sunk deep into both black and honest hearts.
— from The Rustlers of Pecos County by Zane Grey

damp, cool summers Terrain: mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords Natural resources: fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 20% forest and woodland: 1% other: 78% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: water pollution from fertilizer runoff; inadequate wastewater treatment natural hazards: subject to earthquakes and volcanic activity international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation Note: strategic location between Greenland and Europe; westernmost European country; more land covered by glaciers than in all of continental Europe @Iceland, People Population: 263,599 (July 1994 est.)
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The dance is begun by a single person (either a woman or man), who {518} dances about the room with a cushion in his hand, and at the end of the tune stops and sings:
— from Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850 by Various

The sun was rapidly approaching the zenith; but its disc, from the extreme remoteness, was proportionately dwarfed; its beams being all but destitute of their proper warmth and radiance.
— from Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne