"Good heaven, and it is really George Rouncewell!" exclaims Sir Leicester.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Great men have always scorn'd great recompenses: Epaminondas saved his Thebes, and died, Not leaving even his funeral expenses: George Washington had thanks and nought beside,
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

After I had done, I ventured on the unusual liberty of drawing near the fire, going round Earnshaw’s seat, and kneeling in the corner beside him.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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

She goes round everywhere; she has made a great number of acquaintances.
— from Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James

All who knew Sancho Panza were astonished to hear him speak so elegantly, and did not know what to attribute it to unless it were that office and grave responsibility either smarten or stupefy men's wits.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

To limit ourselves to our own recollections: here, with great regularity, every Sunday, was to be seen, passing to and from the place of honour assigned him, Sir Peregrine Maitland,—a tall, grave officer, always in military undress; his countenance ever wearing a mingled expression of sadness and benevolence, like that which one may observe on the face of the predecessor of Louis Philippe, Charles the Tenth, whose current portrait recalls, not badly, the whole head and figure of this early Governor of Upper Canada.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

In many, the violent courses of confiscation and attainder which accompanied this great revolution excite so just an indignation, that they either forget to ask whether the end might not have been reached by more laudable means, or condemn that end itself either as sacrilege, or at least as an atrocious violation of the rights of property.
— from Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 1 of 3 by Henry Hallam

Then, feeling greatly relieved, Edith settled herself contentedly for a nap, for she was very weary and heavy-eyed from the long strain upon her nerves and lack of sleep.
— from The Masked Bridal by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

He was not without much difficulty dissuaded from this by his nobles, who represented the temerity of the enterprise, and its incompetency to any good result, even should he succeed, with the small force of which he was master.
— from The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by William Hickling Prescott

"Oh, we know where we're goin' right enough," said Jarrow.
— from Isle o' Dreams by Frederick Ferdinand Moore

In the next place, it observes an impolitic and improvident kind of punishment inflicted upon 376 Dædalus—that of banishment; for good workmen are gladly received everywhere, so that banishment to an excellent artificer is scarce any punishment at all; whereas other conditions of life cannot easily flourish from home.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

Cordylobia anthropophaga , Grünb.: Roubaud (“Etudes sur la Faune parasitaire de l’Afrique occidentale française,” part I, “Les Producteurs des Myiases et Agents similaires chez l’homme et les animaux,” Paris, 1914) gives the life-history of this species.
— from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald

Thereupon, getting ready excellent steeds and cars decked with gold, many people mounted, with the intention of departing.
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume One. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam by Valmiki