It were a great victory obtained for the relief of our miserable human condition, could this proposition be established for certain and true throughout.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

They said they would consider the idea if the number were doubled, and each fish counted as twenty.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

’ In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to all entreaties for ‘copy,’ and simply requesting his foreman to ‘go to the d——l,’ when he (the foreman) assured him (the ‘Tea-Pot’!)
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Torbert's division of cavalry was left north of the Rapidan, for the time, to picket the river and prevent the enemy from crossing and getting into our rear.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

At one time coffee sold for five guineas a pound in England, and even forty crowns (about forty-eight dollars) a pound was paid for it.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

A speculative country builder has a circular field, on which he has erected four cottages, as shown in the illustration.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

While Elliott briefly outlined the projected excursion to La Roche, Hastings delightedly ate his omelet, and returned the smiles of encouragement from Cécile and Colette and Jacqueline.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Angebot von Sicherheitsleistungen tender of securities Angebot; anbieten offer Angebote einholen; erbitten to invite offers Angebotskurve supply curve Angebotslücke gap in supplies angefallen accrued angefallene Kosten costs incurred angefallene Kosten expenses incurred angegeben quoted angegeben werden kann can be mentioned angegebener Wert declared value angegliederte Gesellschaft associated company angehend prospective Angeklagter accused angekündigt; beworben advertised angelaufene Dividenden accumulated dividends Angelegenheit affair Angelegenheit matter Angelegenheit von öffentlichem Interesse matter of public concern angelegtes Geld; gebundene Mittel tied-up money angelernt semi-skilled angemessen appropriate angemessen apt angemessen versorgt adequately supplied angemessen; hinreichend adequate angemessene Antwort adequate answer angemessene Einrichtungen proper facilities angemessene Entlohnung adequate wages angemessene Entschädigung adequate compensation angemessene Entschädigung fair compensation angemessene Entschädigung reasonable compensation angemessene Genauigkeit adequate accuracy angemessene Information adequate information angemessene Vorsichtsmaßnahmen treffen to take reasonable precautions angemessener Ausgleich fair compensation angemessener Ausgleich reasonable compensation angemessener Lebensunterhalt reasonable maintenance angemessener Marktpreis; reeller Marktpreis fair market price angemessener Preis fair price angemessener Price adequate price
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Two Yellowstone expeditions [Footnote: Chittenden, Am.
— from Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner

At iv 36 B and C have intendunt for the correct intendent , at viii 6 uolo for uoco , at viii 18 perueniemus for inueniemur ( -ntur , -mus ), at viii 44 illa for ulla , at viii 89 cara for care , at ix 44 fingit for finget , at ix 71 quod for cum ( FILT ) and ut ( HM ), at ix 92 praestat for perstat , at ix 97 et for ut , at xiii 5 certe est for certe , and at xiv 30 culpatus for culpatis .
— from The Last Poems of Ovid by Ovid

Then, raising to mine a face which inscrutable eyes, flushed cheeks, and smiling lips combined to render perfectly bewitching, she added, "What should you think if I said that it depended on—yourself?" "On myself?"
— from Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy

Mr. Klick had emerged from cover and was standing expectantly with his hand on the cap.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-28 by Various

And fifty yards away squatted the old adobe house in the sand, with a tree at each front corner and a narrow porch extending from one to the other.
— from Skyrider by B. M. Bower

" The mortification of Miss Sarah was too evident for concealment, and it happily was relieved by a summons to dinner.
— from Precaution: A Novel by James Fenimore Cooper

A doctor with sleep-cleared eyes, fresh collar, and newly brushed hair.
— from Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

As to Don Abbondio, he exhibited the same apprehension of the marriage as before; the mention of which conjured up to his affrighted fancy the dreaded Don Roderick and his train on the one side, and the almost equally feared cardinal and his arguments on the other.
— from The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni

Indeed, within the race itself, as it now exists, free choice, aided by natural selection, is actually improving every good point, and is for ever weeding out all the occasional failures and shortcomings of nature.
— from Falling in Love; With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen