Then Gareth, 'We be tillers of the soil, Who leaving share in furrow come to see The glories of our King: but these, my men, (Your city moved so weirdly in the mist) — from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
in foreign contracts
Umlauf befindliche Mittel money in circulation in Umlauf sein circulate in Ungnade fallen to fall in disgrace in Urlaub gehen to go on leave in Urlaub sein to be on leave in Verbindung bleiben keep in touch with in Verhandlungen treten enter into negotiations in Verkehr bringen put in circulation in Verkehr bringen to put in circulation in Verlegenheit embarrassed in Verlegenheit short of cash in verschiedenen Ländern in different countries in Verträge mit dem Ausland in foreign contracts in Verträgen verwendet used in contracts in voller Höhe bezahlen to pay in full in voller Kenntnis von fully aware of in Vorwegnahme von in anticipation of in Worten say in Zahlung nehmen accept as payment in Zahlung nehmen receive in payment in Zeiten einer Warenschwemme in times of glut in Zeiten in denen — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
When Sibyl had mentioned the name and described him as a chance acquaintance at the Baronne’s, I felt convinced as to the truth. — from Her Majesty's Minister by William Le Queux
I found Capt
Two days after coming into Newbern I went around by ocean transport to Fort Monroe, and there I found Capt. W. H. Meyers, formerly from my own county in Pennsylvania, who was acting provost marshal at that point, who identified me and took me from under the charge of the guard. — from Escape from the Confederacy by Benjamin F. Hasson
It was noticeable, indeed, that, in no one of the multiplied instances in which he had of late crossed my path, had he so crossed it except to frustrate those schemes, or to disturb those actions, which, if fully carried out, might have resulted in bitter mischief. — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
in first census
; identified with America, 45 ; most distinctly foreign element, 46 ; tribes represented among slaves, 49 ; mutual benefit organizations, 51-52 , 63 ; population (1860), 56 ; education, 57 ; religion, 57 ; as farmers, 59-60 ; advance, 64 ; characteristics shown by neglected gardens, 64-65 ; bibliography, 236-37 ; see also Africans, Slavery, Slave trade Nevada, vote for Garfield (1880), 197 (note) New Amsterdam, Jews come to, 16 New Bedford, Portuguese in, 184 New Bern, Germans in, 127 New England, English settle, 5-6 ; dissenters found, 8 ; Scotch-Irish leave, 11 ; Dutch and, 17 ; Madison on population of, 34 ; slavery, 51 ; "Underground Railway" in, 54 ; capital in slave trade, 56 ; Montenegrins and Serbians in, 171 ; Portuguese in, 184 ; abandoned farms, 209 ; Poles in, 213 ; Slavs in, 214 ; racial changes in mills, 215-16 New Era founded by McGee, 121 (note) New Hampshire, Shakers in, 91 New Harmony (Ind.), Rapp's colony, 74-75 ; sold to Robert Owen, 75 ; Owen's colony, 94-96 New Jersey, English settle, 5 ; not represented in first census, 25 ; census computations for 1790, 28-29 ; Germans in, 127 ; racial changes in manufacturing towns, 216 New Netherland, 17 New Orleans, Spain acquires, 18 ; Icarians in, 99 ; Irish in, 113 ; Dalmatians in, 171 ; Italians in, 180 , 211 New York (State), Germans in, 14 ; French in, 15 ; Jews in, 16 ; western part settled, 33 ; migration through, 36 ; slavery, 50-51 ; "Underground Railway" in, 54 ; and slave trade, 56 ; negroes in, 62 ; Shakers in, 91 ; Scotch and English in, 151 ; Norwegians in, 155 ; Poles in, 167 ; Russians in, 169 ; Italian farmers, 212 ; racial changes in manufacturing towns, 216 ; State relief for immigrants, 224 New York City, French in, 16 ; cosmopolitanism, 18-19 ; Irish in, 108 , 109 , 113 ; Tammany Hall, 116 ; Germans in, 127 ; Poles in, 167 (note); Croatians in, 172 ; Hungarian Jews, 178 ; Russian Jews, 179 ; Italians, 180 ; see also Manhattan New York Nation , McGee establishes, 120 (note) New Zealand, deflects migration to United States, 150 Newfoundland, Irish come through, 109 Newspapers, German, 139 , 142-144 ; Scandinavian, 158 ; Slovak, 169 "Niagara Movement," 63 Norsemen, see Scandinavians North, colonies settled by townfolk, 7-8 ; negroes in, 55 ; negro laborers, 62 North Carolina, Germans in, 127 Northwest, Scandinavians in, 156 ; see also names of States Northwest Territory, slavery forbidden in, 51 Norwegians, number in America, 154 ; character, 154 ; lead Scandinavian migration, 155 ; see also Scandinavians Noyes, J.H., 92 , 93 Oberholtzer, History of the United States since the Civil War ,cited, 120 (note), 148 (note), 149 (note) Ohio, admitted as State (1802), 33 ; western migration through, 36 ; "Underground Railway" in, 54 ; negroes in, 62 ; Zoar colony, 78-80 ; Germans in, 134 ; Scotch and English in, 151 ; French in, 151-52 ; Swiss in, 153 ; Slovenians in, 173 ; Italian farmers, 212 ; Poles in, 213 ; racial changes in coal regions of, 219 Ohio River, French on, 18 Oklahoma, Bohemians in, 159 ; Slavs in, 213 Old Elmspring Community, 89 Olsen, Jonas, 87 , 88 Omaha, Italians in, 180 Oneida Community, 92-93 Orange County (N.Y.), Polish settlement, 213 Ordinance of 1787, 51 Oregon, acquisition of (1846), 33 , 147 ; Scandinavians in, 156 ; Japanese in, 203 Orientals, 188 et seq. — from Our Foreigners: A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Samuel Peter Orth
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