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is rendered dim and

When the Almighty himself condescends to address mankind in their own language, his meaning, luminous as it must be, is rendered dim and doubtful by the cloudy medium through which it is communicated.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

insurance required die Auferlegung

die Arbeit des Sekretariats betreffend secretarial die armen Verwandten poor relations die Art der ausdrücklich zugestimmt wurde the manner expressly consented to die Art der Verfügbarstellung des Erlöses the method of disposal of the funds die Art der verlangten Versicherung the type of insurance required die Auferlegung von Zöllen the imposition of duties die aufgetreten sind that have arisen die Aufnahmefähigkeit des Marktes market capacity die augenscheinliche Echtheit prüfen to check the apparent authenticity die Ausdrücke the expressions die ausdrücklich vermerkt which expressly states die ausdrücklichen
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

in rank Defend and

There be the hill-huge Gaja's place, And Gavaya's, strongest of his race, And, like the bull that leads the herd, Gaváksha's, by no fears deterred Let Rishabh, matchless in the might Of warlike arms, protect our right, And Gandhamádan next in rank Defend and guide the other flank.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

I rapidly devised a

I rapidly devised a combined evolution, the remarkably successful execution of which I am very proud, even to this day.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

is really delighted and

But I confess I do feel jealous at times, most painfully, bitterly so; when she sings and plays to him, and he hangs over the instrument, and dwells upon her voice with no affected interest; for then I know he is really delighted, and I have no power to awaken similar fervour.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

I rode down and

A little before six I rode down and came into the Maidstone highway near by Leeds Castle, where the moat was shining in the descending sun, and the pastures spread very ample and green to the heights beyond.
— from The High Toby Being further chapters in the life and fortunes of Dick Ryder, otherwise Galloping Dick, sometime gentleman of the road by H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott) Watson

is rendered difficult and

The Missouri river flows through the state for a distance of about six hundred miles; but although steamboats have ascended it two thousand five hundred miles from its mouth, its navigation is rendered difficult and dangerous by sand-bars, falling banks, snags, and shifting channels.
— from The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas by Frederick Marryat

I replied Desforges and

"Very well, here am I!" replied Desforges, and as the upshot of this meeting, thanks to Desforges, Le Kaléidoscope was founded.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 by Alexandre Dumas

in rueful disgust and

Nine boys looked down at them in rueful disgust, and then across the school-room to where a larger group stood chuckling mischievously, their hands and mouths filled with tempting, crusty hunches, carved from the loaf according to fancy.
— from Jack of Both Sides: The Story of a School War by Florence Coombe

is rattling dry and

Poor me, poor me, my cough is rattling dry!’ and coughs in confirmation horribly.
— from The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

I remember dining at

I remember dining at a house in this stage of its artistic development, where the marrow bones that formed one course of the dinner appeared each with a coquettish little bow-knot of pink ribbon around its neck.
— from Worldly Ways & Byways by Eliot Gregory

is reached deductively and

We mean that all quantitative prevision is reached deductively; and that induction can achieve only qualitative prevision.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer

into remote distance as

I observed that he never looked his interlocutors in the face, but stared chiefly at their feet, as if surmising whether they would kick, or gazed into remote distance, as if trying to see round the world and get a view of his own back.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics by Various

is replied Dan and

"An' he is," replied Dan; and then he gave the stranger a full account of Crippy's sagacity and wisdom, with such success that, when he had finished, the goose evidently stood high in the city boy's estimation.
— from A District Messenger Boy, and A Necktie Party by James Otis

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