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has effected payment die Bank
Ware the display of goods die Axt ansetzen apply the axe die Bank die Zahlung geleistet hat the bank which has effected payment die Bank ist ermächtigt the bank is authorized die Bank
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

his eye pursued Delighted but
Her long with ardent look his eye pursued Delighted, but desiring more her stay.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

heavy entirely pure deep black
Lower parts pure white, the flanks and crissum distinctly ochraceous; markings beneath broad and heavy, entirely pure deep black; those on the jugulum deltoid, on the sides linear.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

him exclaimed Prince de Benevent
He pressed my hand with great kindness, and drawing forward a chair which stood beside him, exclaimed, ‘Prince de Benevent, be 187 seated—and believe me, I do not forget that had it not been for your assistance in the late events, they might have turned in a different chance, and you might have said to me , “Count de Lille, be seated.”’ “The phrase appeared to me so artificial, so stiff and embarrassed, that I involuntarily looked his majesty full in the face for an explanation.
— from Reminiscences of Prince Talleyrand, Volume 2 (of 2) by Colmache, M., active 19th century

his experiment produced darkness by
Thus by adding sound to sound we produce silence, as Grimaldi, in his experiment, produced darkness by adding light to light.
— from Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall

having effectually protected Doris by
They forced the Phocians to abandon the town they had taken; and having effectually protected Doris by a treaty of peace between the two nations, prepared to return home.
— from Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book IV by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Her expression puzzled Dick but
Her expression puzzled Dick, but he imagined that she was angry.
— from Brandon of the Engineers by Harold Bindloss

her eyes perhaps distorted by
In her eyes, perhaps distorted by the strong lenses of her glasses, I saw the challenge of stubbornness.
— from The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle by Richard Washburn Child

hearth each passing day brought
The morning of her life was bright, and with father, mother, sister, brother, around the family hearth, each passing day brought added happiness.
— from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899 by Mississippi Historical Society

huge embroidered pincushion done by
There was an ancient bed, with scolloped tester, and tarnished quilt, in which Queen Elizabeth had slept; and a huge embroidered pincushion done by no hands, as you may guess, but those of the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots, who, during her captivity, certainly worked harder than ever queen worked before or since.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Maria Edgeworth

ha el puerto del bujo
“Aycama=Amapala=Culetra=Rio que ha el puerto del bujo ( sic )” f. 27 26.
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos


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