From which it is clear that he possessed a great reputation even before he became the lawgiver of Athens.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

The machine goes readily enough, but there is some stiffness in the working of it, and it has lost a little of its force.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Its great round eyes, big as an ox’s, stared with a dull, cold, glassy look from wall to wall, and then, with an awful outburst of hissing, the whole mound was suddenly raised upon four great legs, thick as posts, and ending in terrible claws, and borne rocking and swaying into the centre of the chamber.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

The reader may have observed that in modern folk-customs the corn-spirit is generally represented either by a Corn-mother (Old Woman, etc.) or by a Maiden (Harvest-child, etc.), not both by a Corn-mother and by a Maiden.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

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

Then, there was Henry Meltham, Sir Hugh’s younger son; rather good-looking, and a pleasant fellow to flirt with: but being a younger son, that is all he is good for; then there was young Mr. Green, rich enough, but of no family, and a great stupid fellow, a mere country booby!
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

La grekaj respublikoj estis bonekonataj, kaj enhavis multe da kleruloj inter siaj anoj.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

On that occasion General Roberts, escorted by the 9th Lancers and 5th Punjaub Cavalry, advanced from Ali Kheyl to Kushi, and, while passing by Jagi Thanni, he was attacked by about 2000 Mangals and Machalgah Ghilzais, who there lay in ambush.
— from Khartoum Campaign, 1898; or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh

Night came and went and came, and brought no "weed," And men forgot their suppers, in the dread Of the dire desolation; and all tongues Were tingling with the taste of empty pipes; And they did live all wretched; old hay bands, And street-door mats, and clover brown and dry; Carpets, rope-yarn, and such things as men sell, Were burnt for 'bacca; haystacks were consumed, And men were gathered round each blazing mass, To have another makeshift sniff.
— from Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings

He was so greatly respected even by the papists, that when the Irish rebellion of 1641 broke out, his was for some time the only English house in the county that stood unviolated.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

In the ranks of the movement so initiated were included an unusual number of men who must be classed among the ‘might-have-beens’ of literature; men of great reputation eclipsed by premature death, men who never wrote, or men whose writings disappointed expectation.
— from The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker

In his plays, although kissing is sometimes provocative of jealousy, it is generally regarded, even by persons of rank, as of less importance than it is now by boys and girls, who play "Kiss in the ring."
— from History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan) L'Estrange

There were two teapots of tea on a chair, a big tub of pommeloes on the floor, and a glazed red earthenware bowl full of ripe bananas on another chair.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird