In the form, style, and manner of the whole poem, and in the structure of the particular lines and periods, there is a harshness and acerbity connected and combined with words and images all a-glow, which might recall those products of the vegetable world, where gorgeous blossoms rise out of a hard and thorny rind and shell, within which the rich fruit is elaborating. — from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
When I had gone through this ceremony, leering with a wistful eye at the roast meat, which looked so inviting, and smelt so savory, I could not abstain from making that a bow likewise, adding in a pitiful tone, good bye, roast meal! — from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
generation becoming rebellious
Wherefore also in men the organ of generation becoming rebellious and masterful, like an animal disobedient to reason, and maddened with the sting of lust, seeks to gain absolute sway; and the same is the case with the so-called womb or matrix of women; the animal within them is desirous of procreating children, and when remaining unfruitful long beyond its proper time, gets discontented and angry, and wandering in every direction through the body, closes up the passages of the breath, and, by obstructing respiration, drives them to extremity, causing all varieties of disease, until at length the desire and love of the man and the woman, bringing them together and as it were plucking the fruit from the tree, sow in the womb, as in a field, animals unseen by reason of their smallness and without form; these again are separated and matured within; they are then finally brought out into the light, and thus the generation of animals is completed. — from Timaeus by Plato
general business risks
Verpflichtungen nachkommen perform all his other duties allen Formalitäten entsprechen comply with any formalities allen sei herzlich gedankt sincere thanks are given to them all aller persönlicher Sachbesitz all chattels personal allerniedrigster Preis rock-bottom price alles in seiner Macht zu tun to do everything in its power Alleskönner allround man Alleswisser know-all Alleswisser; Besserwisser know-it-all allgemein general allgemein verbindlich generally binding allgemeine Anerkennung global acceptance allgemeine Annahme; Aufnahme general acceptance allgemeine Gütergemeinschaft general community of goods allgemeine Regeln general provisions allgemeine Volkswirtschaftslehre pure economics allgemeiner Verrechnungsvermerk general crossing allgemeiner Vertrieb general distribution allgemeines Handelsrecht law merchant allgemeines Unternehmensrisiko general business risks allgemeines Verhalten general conduct allmählich by degrees Allonge; Anhang an einem Wechsel allonge Allzweck- all-purpose alphabetische Ablage alphabetical filing alphabetische Anordnung alphabetical classification alphabetisches Verzeichnis alphabetical index als Alleinvertreter handeln to act as sole agent als die allgemeine Grundlage für as the general basis of als die für den — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
As chemical concepts become more and more those of relationships of interaction in constituting other substances, so physical concepts express more and more relations of operation: mathematical, as expressing functions of dependence and order of grouping; biological, relations of differentiation of descent, effected through adjustment of various environments; and so on through the sphere of the sciences. — from How We Think by John Dewey
government but regret
"I thank Your Excellency and thoroughly appreciate the efforts of your government, but regret exceedingly that they are made somewhat late in the day. — from Banzai! by Parabellum by Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff
The extent of his daily correspondence threatened to demand the services of a secretary in addition to the help already given by Rodman. — from Demos by George Gissing
great big red
After a few moments’ pause, she said reflectively: “Well, that black-and-yellow striped frock of mine is really a fright; and the red-and-green plaid isn’t much better: it’s such a ’normous plaid; but”—and Ladybird shook her forefinger decisively at her aunt—“it seems to me I shall keep that white dress with the great big red spots. — from The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells
One of the favourite excursions from Sydney, is to go by rail to Mount Victoria, about 80 miles, to pass over the celebrated "Zig-zag," a specimen of engineering skill, where the train climbs the mountain side, and at one point is so many hundred feet exactly above a point it passed some time before. — from Six Letters From the Colonies by R. C. (Robert Cooper) Seaton
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