An English railroad guard approached Abhoya and her husband.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
quote a price einen Preis angeben to quote a price einen Preis festlegen to fix a price einen Preis festsetzen ascertain a price einen Rabatt gewähren allow a discount einen Rechtsanwalt einspannen to employ a lawyer einen Rechtsanwalt in Anspruch nehmen to employ a lawyer einen Saldo ausgleichen settle a balance einen Schaden vergüten to pay damages einen Schaden wieder gut machen to make good
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
[ Exeunt Rosencrantz , Guildenstern , and Attendants, R.H. ]
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
Whereupon Mr. Winkle gallantly inquired if it couldn’t be done by deputy: to which the young lady with the black eyes replied ‘Go away,’ and accompanied the request with a look which said as plainly as a look could do, ‘if you can.’
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Elymus arenarius “ condensatus Erianthus Ravennæ Gynerium argenteum, and its vars.
— from The Subtropical Garden; or, beauty of form in the flower garden. by W. (William) Robinson
[Pg 72] CHAPTER VII GRACE TAKES MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS "We have had, what might be considered by some people, a momentous evening," remarked Grace as Anne Pierson walked into their room shortly before ten o'clock.
— from Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College by Josephine Chase
No amount of experience enables him to resist the temptation; but the long enduring Hudson's Bay Company always listens to his tale of woe and helps him out of his difficulties, accepting his promise, ever readily given and as readily broken, to hand in his fur in the following spring to the officer in charge of the post.
— from The Barren Ground of Northern Canada by Warburton Pike
Even Raoul glanced aside, a little wondering at not hearing the felucca's carronades, but perceiving her people busy with their fire-arms, he believed all right.
— from The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper
Just as the “Dust Eater” rose, graceful as a swan, out of the water, the first man appeared at the top of the cliff.
— from White Fire by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
The goldsmiths make all kinds of personal adornments; necklaces, bracelets, anklets, toe, finger, nose and ear rings, girdles and arm-bands of gold, silver, copper and brass, and this jewelry is worn by the women of India as the best of investments.
— from Modern India by William Eleroy Curtis
Mr. William C. Prime, in his delightful book, "Along New England Roads," gives an account of such a marriage.
— from Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
Seven good light classrooms and a fine hall, senate-house, and examination rooms, give ample accommodation; and the view of the city from the end of the corridor containing the lecture-rooms is exceedingly fine.
— from Through Portugal by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume
Many observations have made it certain that owls and eagles reach great ages, and these birds live on animal food.
— from The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies by Elie Metchnikoff
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