To avoid which inconveniences, and to settle their distressed minds, to mitigate those divine aphorisms, (though in another extreme some) our late Arminians have revived that plausible doctrine of universal grace, which many fathers, our late Lutheran and modern papists do still maintain, that we have free will of ourselves, and that grace is common to all that will believe.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

But now, if the conclusions of the preceding chapters are to be trusted, it would seem that the practical determination of Right Conduct depends on the determination of Ultimate Good.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

I say this because “efficiency” might be understood to imply some ‘task of humanity’ which the social organism has to execute, beyond the task of merely living; and similarly “health” might be taken to mean a state tending to the preservation not of existence merely, but of desirable existence—desirability being interpreted in some non-hedonistic manner: and in this case an examination of either term would lead us again over the ground traversed in the discussion on Ultimate Good (in chap.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Valentine, having kissed the hand of his mistress with all the eagerness of rapture, and acknowledged the merchant's generosity, paid his respects to the ladies with a very polite address, and with demonstrations of uncommon gratitude and sensibility, thanked the gentlemen, and the Count in particular, for their good offices, to which he attributed the happiness he now enjoyed.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Golddeckung gold cover Golddeckung gold coverage Goldeinfuhr gold import goldene Note golden touch Goldklausel gold clause Goldkurs gold rate Goldkurs rate of gold Goldmark gold mark Goldmarkt bullion market Goldminen; Goldbergwerke gold mines Goldmünze gold coin Goldmünzen gold coins Goldoption gold option Goldparität gold parity Goldpreis gold price Goldpreis price of gold Goldreserven gold reserves Goldreserven holdings of gold Goldstandard gold standard Goldstück gold piece Goldüberschuss surplus gold Goldwert gold value Goldzufluss gold inflow Gotteslästerung blasphemy Grad der Abhängigkeit degree of dependence Grad der Automatisierung degree of automation Grad der Computerisierung degree of computerization Grad der Genauigkeit degree of accuracy Grad der Mechanisierung degree of mechanization Grad der Nutzung degree of utilization Grad der Priorität degree of priority Grad der Tauglichkeit degree of fitness Grad der Wahrscheinlichkeit degree of probability Gradierung; Abstufung gradation Graduierung; Einstufung grading grafische Gestaltung graphic design Grafschaft county graphisch darstellen; graphische Darstellung chart graphische Darstellung graph graphische Darstellung der Mehrplatzarbeit multiple activity chart graphischer Ideengestalter visualizer Gratifikation gratuity Gratifikation; Zuwendung gratuity gratis cost free gratis free of cost Gratisaktie bonus share Gratisangebot free deal Gratisanzeige; unberechnete Anzeige free advertisement
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

The first of these errors I shall content myself with simply denying; assuring my reader that for ten years, during which I took opium at intervals, the day succeeding to that on which I allowed myself this luxury was always a day of unusually good spirits.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

[Jean Bawoyeu ALINGUE]; Union for Renewal and Democracy or URD [Gen. Wadal Abdelkader KAMOUGUE]; Viva Rally for Development and Progress or Viva RNDP
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

And, finding his still comparatively moderate expectations thus every day fully realized, he was satisfied with his condition in the present, and hopeful and happy in the prospects it presented in the future; for the demon of unlawful gain had not then tempted him into forbidden paths by the lure of sudden riches.
— from Gaut Gurley; Or, the Trappers of Umbagog: A Tale of Border Life by Daniel P. (Daniel Pierce) Thompson

Acorns will fall directly below the tree, perhaps roll some little distance on uneven ground and lie in rich confusion—a symbol of plenty.
— from In the Open: Intimate Studies and Appreciations of Nature by Stanton Davis Kirkham

"Part of the gravity generating plant—in a sense the key component—is an electronic computer, capable of making all the calculations and juggling the proportion of power required to produce directed or undirected gravity continuously.
— from Address: Centauri by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace

[Paul VERGES]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Andre Maurice PIHOUEE]; Socialist Party or PS [Jean-Claude FRUTEAU]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Gilbert GERARD] Political pressure groups and leaders: NA International organization participation: FZ, InOC, WFTU Diplomatic representation in the US: none (overseas department of France)
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Placing on one side the question of the higher grades of art which depend upon special talent or genius—the great qualities of imagination, composition, form and colour, which belong to mastership—I would now, in this book, intended for students, dwell upon those minor things, the doing of which well or ill depends only upon good-will, patience, and industry.
— from Stained Glass Work: A text-book for students and workers in glass by Christopher Whall

Then it was that the uncomfortable conviction dawned on us, gradually illuminating our minds as some cloudy rain-slanted morning grows clear to half-wakened eyes, that in the majority of cases, remarkable and stirring events do not befall the undergraduate, and that if the book was to be made at all, it must be made of homely, and I hope wholesome, ingredients, a cricket ball, a canoe, a football, a tripos, a don, a croquet mallet, a few undergraduates, a Greek play, some work, and so forth.
— from The Babe, B.A. Being the Uneventful History of a Young Gentleman at Cambridge University by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

At least half a dozen of us got off in Slugjet Suits before the ship died.
— from The Giants From Outer Space by Robert W. Krepps

Newton first published the doctrine of universal gravitation in the 'Principia,' in 1687.
— from Letters on Astronomy in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers by Denison Olmsted