somethin’ wrong ’bout dis business, en den he would inquire ’bout you, en dat would take him to yo’ uncle, en yo’ uncle would read de bill en see dat you be’n sellin’ a free nigger down de river, en you know him , I reckon! — from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
for never did daughter
If, said he, I thought Pamela would not be too much affected with the surprise, I would make you all witness to their first interview; for never did daughter love a father, or a father a daughter, as they two do one another. — from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
for negotiation durch diese
Druck pressure Druck auf den Geldmarkt pressure on the money market drücken sqeeze down drucken; Druck print drückende Hypothek burden of a mortgage drückende Last heavy burden drückende Schulden burden of debts drückende Steuern burden of taxes Druckerei print shop Druckerei printers' shop Druckerei printing plant Druckerei printing shop druckfertig printable Druckort place of printing druckreif ready for press Drucksache printed matter Dubiose bad debt Dubiose bad debts Dubiose doubtful accounts Dubiose dubious debts Dubiose uncollectible receivables dubiose Außenstände doubtful debts Dubiosekonto delinquent account Dumping; Preisschleuderei dumping Dumping; Unterbietung dumping Dünndruckausgabe der Zeitung air edition Duplikat; zweifach duplicate durch by the use of durch Abstammung erworbene Staatsbürgerschaft nationality by descent durch Akzeptleistung by acceptance durch Angabe by indicating durch automatische Datenverarbeitung by automatic data processing durch automatische Datenverarbeitung by methods of automated data processing durch das Löschen by reason of the unloading durch den Vertrag bedingt involved in the contract durch die avisierende Bank through the advising bank durch die Benennung einer Bank by nominating a bank durch die bisherigen Richtlinien by existing rules durch die Einfuhr by reason of the importing durch die Hintertür through the back-door durch die Zulassung der Negoziierung by allowing for negotiation durch diese Grenze getrennt separated by that frontier durch Dokumente belegt documentary durch eigene Arbeit verdientes Einkommen earned income durch ein drittes Land through another country durch ein oder mehrere Drittländer through one or more countries durch ein Telekommunikationsmittel beauftragen instruct by any teletransmission durch eine andere Bank through another bank durch eine Hypothek abdecken cover by a mortgage durch einen bevollmächtigten Beauftragten by a duly accredited agent durch einen einzigen Schiedsrichter by a sole arbitrator durch einen Hinweis in dem Kredit by wording in the credit durch einen Schiedsrichter by one arbitrator durch einen Zusatz by adding words to this effect durch einfache Übergabe by simple delivery durch elektronische Datenverarbeitung by methods of electronic data processing durch Erfüllung by performance durch Ermächtigung einer Bank zu handeln by authorizing a bank to act durch Ersuchen einer Bank zu handeln by requesting a bank to act durch Frachtführer by public carrier durch Geburt erworbene Staatsbürgerschaft nationality by birth durch Handschlag by handshake durch Handzeichen show of hands durch hinausgeschobene Zahlung by deferred payment durch Indossament begeben; übertragen negotiate by endorsement durch Indossament oder auf anderem Wege by endorsement or otherwise durch Indossament sicherstellen providing by endorsement durch Indossierung by endorsement durch irgendeine Bank by any bank durch mehrere Schiedsrichter by more arbitrators durch Negoziierung by negotiation durch nichtbegebbare Dokumente by non-negotiable instruments durch Sichtzahlung by sight payment durch Testament by will durch unerlaubte Mittel; auf unerlaubte Weise by unfair means durch Unfall verursacht accidental durch Unmöglichkeit der Erfüllung by impossibility durch Vereinbarung by agreement durch — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
f nap dǣda dǣde
A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary A CONCISE ANGLO-SAXON DICTIONARY D–G D E F G Introduction (separate file) A-C (separate file) H-N (separate file) O-S (separate file) T-Y (separate file) [71b] D dā f. doe ( female deer ), Æ. dǣd I. (ē) f. (nap. dǣda, dǣde) ‘ deed ,’ action, transaction, event , Æ, B, Bl, VPs . — from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
I will quote, for the sake of comparison, some characteristic passages from Notre Dame de Paris , by Victor Hugo, and from different novels by Zola, which will show the reader that both could be very easily confounded, the self-styled inventor of ‘naturalism’ and the extreme romanticist. — from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau
It was less than a hundred and fifty miles from Cartagena, the capital of the Spanish Main, to the east, and about the same distance from Nombre de Dios to the west; but the trend of the coast caused vessels to stand out some distance to sea in passing, and thus the island was little likely to be touched at by chance visitors. — from With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
friend next day do
Masha, already in bed, sat up cautiously, leaned on her elbow, and her maiden lips softly touched the fresh white petals.... 'Well,' Kister questioned his friend next day, 'do you like the Perekatovs? — from The Jew and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
for names distinguished during
General Andréossi (for names distinguished during those dreadful wars begin to rise on the narrative, as the stars glimmer out on the horizon) commanded an advanced guard {63} of five hundred men. — from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume II. by Walter Scott
fascinating Notre Dame des
We paused once at a new church on the rim of the town, where the very old habit of having a nun in constant adoration of the Host is perpetuated, paused again at the ever fascinating Notre Dame des Victoiries in Lower Town, with its battlemented altar and its patriotic legends in French, which a British government has been indulgent enough to overlook, stood again and again at the wonderful Van Dyke which hangs in the clear, cool, white and gold — from The Personality of American Cities by Edward Hungerford
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