I ought to have gone long ago, but I shan't leave you until you have returned what you took from me.
— from Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

His countenance was expressive of the most savage ferocity, and his eyes glared like a bull.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

rates Grundsteuernachlass rate relief Grundsteuerpflichtiger; Hausbesitzer ratepayer Grundstoff basic material Grundstoffindustrie; Schlüsselindustrie basic industry Grundstück mit allen Gebäuden premises Grundstücke und Gebäude land and buildings Grundstücks- und Hausbesitz real estate Grundstücksbesteuerung tax on real estate Grundstückseigentum real property Grundstückseigentümer owner of landed property Grundstücksertrag returns from landed property Grundstückskonto landed property account Grundstückskonto premises account Grundstückskonto real estate account Grundstücksmakler estate agent Grundstücksmakler real estate agent Grundstücksmakler real estate broker Grundstücksmakler; Grundstücksverwalter land agent Grundstücksspekulation real estate speculation Grundstückswert land value Gründung foundation Gründung einer Firma formation of a company Gründung; Einrichtung; Unternehmen; Geschäft establishment Gründungskapital original capital Gründungsurkunde einer Gesellschaft articles of incorporation Grundzeit für eine Bewegung basic motion time Grundzeit für einen Arbeitsgang basic time
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Glim lurk , a begging paper, giving a circumstantial account of a dreadful fire—which never happened.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

For by good legislation and by encouraging agriculture they made the citizens earnest and industrious instead of scoffers and chatterers.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

In the center of the roof was a great light, as bright as the sun, which made the emeralds sparkle in a wonderful manner.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

So she moved swiftly along, watching her footing, going like a bird on the wind, with no thought, contained in motion.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

But it was now getting late: and being obliged to encamp, he availed himself for that purpose of a place at the very mouth of the pass, Philip’s strong position.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Among these was the celebrated John Locke, [Pg 55] who esteemed him, not only as a man of exalted virtue and great literary attainment, but as a personal friend.
— from A Concise Biographical Sketch of William Penn by Charles Evans

But, sir, let it be considered that my honorable client has been stated by the honorable Managers, to be nearly threescore and ten, let also his great legal attainments be considered, and let me ask, if any person can think his addressing gentlemen, so much inferior to himself in age and knowledge, by the epithet of “young gentlemen,” offensive to them, much less criminal as to the public?
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

This, by an ingenious piece of mechanism, always maintained its level position, though the sphere might be rolled along the ground like a ball.
— from India Impressions, With some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7. by Walter Crane

And only he shall gladly live, And bravely die when God shall call, Who gathers but that he may give, And with his fellows shares his all.
— from Over Here by Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest

One of the horses had got loose, and being a stallion, as indeed they all are, "goes for" the one next him.
— from A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland The adventures, observations & experiences of a cinematograph actress in West African forests whilst collecting films depicting native life and when posing as the white woman in Anglo-African cinematograph dramas by Meg Gehrts

The light brigantine was driven before the gale like a bubble, and, after being tossed for several days upon the angry deep, the voyagers found themselves near the island of Cuba, and were compelled to enter the harbor of Havana for repairs and supplies.
— from Hernando Cortez Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

On Mr. Ulceby's departure, a maid looked in to ask whether I had need of anything; and, as I had no orders to give, locked and bolted the door on the outside, and I was left alone to my meditations.
— from The MS. in a Red Box by John A. (John Arthur) Hamilton

When Adam de Harris gave lands at Bransty Beck to the church of Holm Cultram, he also gave privilege to the monks to cut wood for making geggins or noggins.
— from Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country With Copious Notes by John Pagen White

She was in very good looks, and bright and happy, admiring Algernon, rejoicing to obey his behests, and enhancing his dignity and her own by her discourses upon his talents and importance.
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge