[A] for liquids or fine things to flow out profusely from a container.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
‘Possibly not, Sir,’ replied Mr. Pickwick, who had been flashing forth looks of fierce indignation, without producing the smallest effect on either of the sharp practitioners; ‘I believe I am not, Sir.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Not easy 'tis from lumps of frankincense To tear their fragrance forth, without its nature
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus
It was the familiar legend of Friar Rush which furnished the groundwork of Jonson’s play.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson
Tipp never mounted the box of a stage-coach in his life; or leaned against the rails of a balcony; or walked upon the ridge of a parapet; or looked down a precipice; or let off a gun; or went upon a water-party; or would willingly let you go if he could have helped it: neither was it recorded of him, that for lucre, or for intimidation, he ever forsook friend or principle.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
I do Confess Thou Art Sae Fair Lines On Fergusson, The Poet The Weary Pund O'
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
In exchanging the complete manufacture either for money, for labour, or for other goods, over and above what may be sufficient to pay the price of the materials, and the wages of the workmen, something must be given for the profits of the undertaker of the work, who hazards his stock in this adventure.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Instead of hunger and dysentery, we shall have sharp shot; and then!—Dumouriez, with force and firm front, looks on from a neighbouring height; can help only with his wishes, in silence.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
Forfaitierung forfaiting Forfaitierung non-recourse financing Form der Benachrichtigung form of advice Form; Aufmachung eines Dokuments form of a document formaler Gegenwert nominal consideration Formalität formality Format dimensions Formblatt zur Kreditbeantragung credit form Formen der Akkreditive forms of credit Formen der Anrede forms of address Formfehler defect of form Formfehler error in form Formfehler formal defect formlos informal formlos; informell informal formlose Zusammenkunft informal meeting Formmangel lack of form Formsache formality Formulierung; Wortlaut wording Formvorschriften; Förmlichkeiten formal requirements forschen; Forschung research Forscher researcher Forschung und Entwicklung research and development Forschungs- und Entwicklungsfond research and development fund Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft research and development company Forschungs- und Entwicklungstätigkeiten research and development activities Forschungsabteilung research department Forschungsaufwand research effort
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
“At present,” he wrote, “I am the only member; and as the modesty required must be of a quite aggravated type, the enterprise did seem for a time doomed to stop dead still with myself, for lack of further material; but upon reflection I have come to the conclusion that you are eligible.
— from Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) by Mark Twain
He was indefatigable in his labors, assisting the governor in organizing the regiments, smoothing the difficulties constantly arising from lack of familiarity with the details of the administrative service of the army, and giving wise advice to the volunteer officers who made his acquaintance.
— from Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1: April 1861-November 1863 by Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson) Cox
"Ay," answered Raymond, with a smile that made his face look older for the moment than that of his twin brother, "thou, Gaston, shalt reign in Saut, and I will try to win and to reign at Basildene, content with the smaller inheritance.
— from In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince by Evelyn Everett-Green
They led me within a valley to a fertile spot, a flowery spot, where the dew spread out in glittering splendor, where I saw various lovely fragrant flowers, lovely odorous flowers, clothed with the dew, scattered around in rainbow glory, there they said to me, "Pluck the flowers, whichever thou wishest, mayest thou the singer be glad, and give them to thy friends, to the nobles, that they may rejoice on the earth."
— from Ancient Nahuatl Poetry, Containing the Nahuatl Text of XXVII Ancient Mexican Poems Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature Number VII. by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton
A league of defence was again formed; letters of fire and sword were, in consequence, issued; but Argyle was baffled by a hurricane in his second invasion of Duart.
— from Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II. by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.
In Malmaison these eyes with cheerful brilliancy reposed on Josephine; his otherwise earnest lips welcomed there the beloved of his heart with merry pleasantry and spirited raillery; there he loved to see Josephine in simple, modest toilet; and if in the lofty halls of the Tuileries he exacted from the wife of the first consul a brilliant toilet, the bejewelled magnificence of the first lady of France, he was delighted when in Malmaison he saw coming through the green foliage the wife of General Bonaparte in simple white muslin, with a laughing countenance; and with her sweet voice, which he still considered as the finest music he ever heard, she bade welcome to her husband who here was changed into her tender lover.
— from Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Smiling faces looked out from the various and darkling draperies with which the warehouses were hung.
— from Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
Realizing that their thorough subjugation would be a difficult task, I made up my mind to confine operations during the grazing and hunting season to protecting the people of the new settlements and on the overland routes, and then, when winter came, to fall upon the savages relentlessly, for in that season their ponies would be thin, and weak from lack of food, and in the cold and snow, without strong ponies to transport their villages and plunder, their movements would be so much impeded that the troops could overtake them.
— from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 2, Part 6 by Philip Henry Sheridan
Two years later it was increased to fourteen; and by an act of 1893 an offense against a female under sixteen may be punished by imprisonment for life or for any shorter term of years.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3 by George Elliott Howard
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