I was greatly astonished to find that my Mussulman philosopher had gone so far as to allow me to converse with his wife, but I felt more at ease after I had received that information, and fancied that I might carry the adventure further, but it would be necessary to see the lady’s face, for a finely-dressed body, the head of which is not seen, excites but feeble desires.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Pod round, curved, with 8 or more elliptical, compressed seeds. Habitat. —Grows everywhere, but forms dense thickets in the provinces of La Laguna and Batangas.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

he said that this being the state of the country in that direction that himself nor none of his nation had ever been further down the river than these mountains.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Chi vuol presto e ben, faccia da se —He who wishes a thing done quickly and well, must do it himself.
— 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.

Had not my own feelings decided against you, had they been indifferent, or had they even been favourable, do you think that any consideration would tempt me to accept the man, who has been the means of ruining, perhaps for ever, the happiness of a most beloved sister?"
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Für den Dialektiker ist die Welt ein Begriff, für den Schöngeist ein Bild, für den Schwärmer ein Traum, für den Forscher Wahrheit —For the thinker the world is a thought; for the wit, an image; for the enthusiast, a dream; for the inquirer, truth.
— 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.

im Ruhestand retired population Bevölkerung ohne festen Wohnsitz migrant population Bevölkerungsbewegung population movement Bevölkerungsdichte density of population Bevölkerungsgruppe population group Bevölkerungspyramide population pyramid Bevölkerungsschicht population stratum Bevölkerungsschicht; Bevölkerungsklasse class of population Bevölkerungsstatistik demography Bevölkerungsstatistik vital statistics Bevölkerungstheorie von Malthus Malthusian theory of population Bevölkerungsüberschuss surplus population Bevölkerungsverschiebung movement of population Bevölkerungsverteilung distribution of population Bevölkerungswachstum growth of population Bevölkerungszunahme growth of population bevollmächtigen authorize bevollmächtigen empower bevollmächtigt authorized Bevollmächtigter duly authorized person Bevollmächtigter für ein Rechtsgeschäft special agent Bevollmächtigung authorization bevorrechtigte Forderung preferential claim bevorrechtigte Forderung privileged claim bevorrechtigte Schuld preferential debt bevorrechtigter Gläubiger creditor by priority bevorrechtigter Gläubiger preferential creditor Bevorschussung von Versanddokumenten advance against shipping documents bevorzugen prefer bevorzugt preferential bevorzugt; bevorrechtigt preferred bevorzugte Platzierung; bevorzugte Stelle preferred position bevorzugte Stellung; bevorzugte Platzierung preferred position Bevorzugung durch den Verbraucher consumer preference Bevorzugung; Vorrang; Vorzugsrecht preference bewachter Bahnübergang manned crossing bewaffnete Auseinandersetzung armed conflict bewahren; konservieren preserve bewährte Wertpapiere seasoned securities bewegen move bewegende Kraft; Motivation motive force beweglich flexible beweglich mobile beweglich; fahrbar mobile bewegliche Güter movables bewegliche Sachen chattels beweglicher Plan; gleitender Plan rolling schedule bewegliches Gut chattel bewegliches Gut movable goos Beweglichkeit mobility Beweglichkeit mobility of labour Beweglichkeit der Arbeitskräfte mobility of labour Beweglichkeit des Kapitals mobility of capital Bewegung motion Bewegung movement Bewegung nach oben upward movement Bewegung nach unten downward movement Bewegung; Antrag bei einer Sitzung motion Bewegungselement element of motion Bewegungselement motion element Bewegungsform; Form des Bewegungsverlaufs movement pattern Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit motion speed Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit speed of motions Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit speed of movements Bewegungskategorie class of movement
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

The distilled water or juice is much esteemed by French dames to cleanse the skin from any roughness and deformity, or discolouring thereof; being boiled in wine and given to drink, it is a good remedy against the plague, and other pestilential fevers, if the party after taking it be warm in his bed, and sweat for two hours after, and use the same for twice at least.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

I know not (answered I) but I cannot imagine that these can be anything else but friends disguised.
— from Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples by Anonymous

But as this book is not designed for employers, but for domestics, I will confine myself to pointing out the modes by which you can contribute to raise the respectability of your situation.
— from Letters to Persons Who Are Engaged in Domestic Service by Catharine Esther Beecher

I pray God to send a change of weather, that so I may feel assured your Highnesses are exempt both from danger and from its consequent anxieties.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 3 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630 by James Dennistoun

Then he said, still in his quiet voice: “Now dear, I want you to go to bed, for we must start rather early, but first do you think you could sing me that little song you were singing the day I came home?
— from Marcia Schuyler by Grace Livingston Hill

im eigentlichsten Sinne ein Buch für die Familie.
— from The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George Lewis Prentiss

With Tunis some misunderstandings have arisen, not yet sufficiently explained, but friendly discussions with their Ambassador, recently arrived, and a mutual disposition to do whatever is just and reasonable, cannot fail of dissipating these.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

The conversion of the snow into ice he supposes to be effected by four different causes, the most efficacious of which is pressure .
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall

The suns grew more rare, [43] less luminous, paler; darkness was more intense between the stars; and we were soon in the midst of an actual desert, the thousands of millions of stars which constitute the universe visible from the Earth being far distant: everything had faded to a little, lonely Milky Way in empty infinity.
— from Urania by Camille Flammarion

The anatomy of melancholy, now for the first time with the Latin completely given in translation and embodied in an all-English text, edited by Floyd Dell and Paul Jordan-Smith.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1955 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office