"Don't croak, Jim Crow," she said again.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey
When making his campaign speeches he wore a mixed jean coat so short that he could not sit down on it, flax and tow-linen trousers, straw hat, and pot-metal boots.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
articles of association Statuten des Gesellschaft (US) articles of corporation staubdicht dustproof Stechkarte clock card Stechkarte time card Stechkarte time clock card Stechuhr time clock Stechuhr time clock stehen für jegliche Vereinbarung mean any arrangement Stehlampe floor lamp steigen rise Steigen der Aktien rise of shares Steigen der Kosten rise in coste steigende Aktien advancing stocks steigende Nachfrage; zunehmende Nachfrage increasing demand steiler Anstieg rocket steiler Anstieg steep rise Stellagegeschäft put and call Stellenangebot vacancy Stellenangebote situations offered Stellenbeschreibung job characteristics Stellenbeschreibung job specification Stellenbewerbung application for a job Stellenbewerbung job application Stellenbewertung job evaluation Stellenbezeichnung job title Stelleneinstufung job classification Stellengesuche situations wanted Stelleninhaber holder of a position Stelleninhaber job holder
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
And in the middle place of the temple be many high stages, of fourteen degrees of height, made with good pillars all about: and this place the Jews call Sancta Sanctorum ; that is to say, ‘Holy of Hallows.’
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
"We have been very happy, John Carter," she said, "and I thank whatever fate overtakes us that it permits us to die together.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
“Jane, child,” she said to her daughter, “I am really concerned that you should have no better attendance in your journey than that fellow Jackson.
— from The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender by Emily Sarah Holt
[127] their hand above it; their arm will weary, and then the just cause shall swim above, and the light that is sown for the righteous shall spring and grow up.
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford
I’ll be greatly obliged to you; so will Annastasia, and my uncle, the captain, skipper of the “Jemima”— Capt. Sammy, sink the ship.
— from The Mimic Stage A Series of Dramas, Comedies, Burlesques, and Farces for Public Exhibitions and Private Theatricals by George M. (George Melville) Baker
She made her way from doorway to doorway and past the windows, outside which the men not actively engaged were wont to lounge; but no Joseph could she see--though it was in such situations that he generally stood watching the gambols he no longer cared to join.
— from True to a Type, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Robert Cleland
Jesus Christ still says, ‘Go ye into all the world.’
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren
Even the jurisdiction of the Council has passed into the hands of the people at large; and this appears to be a judicious change, since small bodies are more open to corruption, whether by actual money or influence, than large ones.
— from The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle
'An unkind jest, Captain,' she said: 'Speak not ill of the dead.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
“Just coming, sir!” said the waiter, under no excitement whatever, though in an immense bustle—for waiters always remain cool and imperturbable when most in a hurry.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
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