The parson was a little, meagre, black-looking man, with a grizzled wig that was too wide and stood off from each ear; so that his head seemed to have shrunk away within it, like a dried filbert in its shell.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

I saw Madame F—— every evening; she always came with her husband to take supper on board our galeass.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Suddenly they grew less boisterous,—at the far end, entirely silent.
— from Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman by Rebecca Harding Davis

“The two lovers—the old one and the new: how she wanted to marry the second, but felt she ought to marry the first; so that she neglected the better course to follow the evil, like the poet Ovid I've just been construing: 'Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.'” “O no; she didn't follow evil exactly!” said Lucetta hastily.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

She was at the station, standing just a little apart from everybody else; she was sitting in the open taxi outside; she was at the garden gate; walking across the parched grass; at the door, or just inside the hall.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

See map of Italy Eurōpa, -ae , f. Europe Eurystheus, -ī , m. Eurys´theus , a king of Tiryns, a city in southern Greece ē-vādō, -ere, -vāsī, -vāsus [ ē , out , + vādō , go ], go forth, escape ex , see ē exanimātus, -a, -um
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Schuld ablösen discharge a debt eine Schuld anerkennen to admit a debt eine Schuld begleichen settle a debt eine Schuld eintreiben to collect a debt eine Schuld eintreiben to recover a debt eine Schuld übernehmen assume a debt eine schwierige Aufgabe; Tätigkeit a difficult job eine Seite überfliegen to run oer a page eine Sicherheit bereitstellen; hinterlegen to provide a security eine Sicherheit hinterlegen deposit a security eine Sicherheit hinterlegen to furnish a security eine Sicherheit stellen deposit as a security eine Sitzung vertagen adjourn a meeting eine solche Benachrichtigung any such notice eine solche Benachrichtigung kann erfolgen such notice may be served eine solche Garantie such indemnity eine solche Zahlung ausführen to effect such payment eine Spanne lassen leave a margin eine ständig steigende Zahl an ever increasing number eine Stelle bekleiden to hold an appointment eine Stelle besetzen to fill a vacancy eine Stelle finden to find employment eine Stelle frei machen vacate a position eine Stelle suchen to seek employment eine Stellung aufgeben vacate a position eine Stellung räumen vacate a position eine Stellung suchen look for a job eine Stellungnahme an item of written comment eine Steuer auferlegen impose a tax eine Steuer umgehen dodge a tax eine Tabelle aufschlagen to lookup a table eine Telefonnummer anwählen dial eine unbedingt maßgebende Regel an absolutely definite ruling eine unbedingte Zinsklausel
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Innumerable water-birds, both of rivers and seas, derive in like manner their food indifferently from either element; so that the abundance or scarcity of prey in one induces them either to forsake or more constantly to haunt the other.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

I am very sorry for everything, especially sorry that you have taken the trouble to follow me.
— from The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

Et vous madame la gourree Vendu avez maintz surplis Donc de largent est fourree Et en sont
— from The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Francis Douce

All the older members of the family were interested in the boy's pastime, and while they were indulging in various remarks, he bounded out of the house, with his head filled with bewitching fancies, evidently expecting such a day of joy as he never knew before.
— from From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin by William Makepeace Thayer

On the finger-board is the inscription: "Clementi and Co., London;" painted with flowers, etc.; eight strings.
— from Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 1 (of 2) by Carl Engel

“Buy stocks now,” the Letter ’s first electronic edition said presciently in 1982.
— from The Silicon Jungle by David H. Rothman

‘ I can nat away with my wyfe, she is so heedy , je ne puis poynt durer auecques ma femme, elle est si testue ,’ Palsgrave,
— from Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore by Elizabeth Mary Wright