The keyhole could be seen, and the robust latch, deeply sunk in the iron staple.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

When Murad Beg of Kunduz conquered Badakhshan some forty years ago, in disgust at the small produce of the mines, he abandoned working them, and sold nearly all the population of the place into slavery!
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Muhapnut ang sikwáti ug ayúhun ug kusukúsu, Chocolate becomes smooth and thick if it is well stirred.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But I am certain that a State governed by the rules of justice and fortitude, or a Church built and founded upon the rock of faith and true knowledge, cannot be so pusillanimous.
— from Areopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England by John Milton

This was the English mind, method, genius, or whatever one might call it; but one never could quite admit that the method which ended in Froude and Kinglake could be sound for America where passion and poetry were eccentricities.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

There to my feet three kings came, before she herself sought to speak with me.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

Arbeitselement incidental element gelegentliche Nebenausgaben incidental expenses gelegentliche Nebeneinkünfte incidental earnings gelegentliches zusätzliches Arbeitselement occasional element geleisteter Dienst service rendered gelenktes Interview guided interview gelernt skilled gelernter Mitarbeiter trained man geliefert delivered geliefert Grenze delivered at frontier geliefert verzollt delivered duty paid gelieferte Teile parts supplied geliehenes Geld borrowed money gelöscht defunct gelten hold good geltend machen to claim geltende Vorschriften applicable regulations geltender Preis ruling price Gelumlauf circulation of money gemäß according to gemäß as per gemäß subject to gemäß dem Handelsbrauch; nach dem Handelsbrauch according to custom and usance gemäß den Bestimmungen des Akkreditivs as specified in the credit gemäß den Richtlinien subject to the regulations gemäß den Vorschriften arbeiten working to rule gemäß den Weisungen as per instructions gemäß der vorliegenden Klausel under the present term gemäß dieser Klausel under this term gemäß Inkassoauftrag according to the collection order gemein common Gemeinbürgschaft joint surety Gemeinde borough Gemeinde community Gemeindeabgaben municipal rates Gemeindeangestellter municipal employee Gemeindebehörde local authority Gemeindebehörde municipal authority Gemeindebehörden municipal authorities Gemeindesteuer municipal tax Gemeindeverwaltung municipal administration gemeindlich municipal Gemeinkosten indirect costs Gemeinkosten overheads Gemeinkostenmaterial indirect material Gemeinkostenplan overhead budget Gemeinkostensatz burden rate Gemeinkostenumlage allocation of expense Gemeinkostenzuordnungsbasis burden base gemeinnützig non-commercial gemeinnützige Gesellschaft non-profit organization gemeinnützige Sparkasse; auf Gegenseitigkeit mutual savings bank gemeinnütziger Verein friendly society gemeinsam joint gemeinsam jointly gemeinsam haftend in joint security gemeinsame Handlung joint action gemeinsame Schulden joint debts gemeinsame Steuererklärung der Ehepartner joint return gemeinsame Steuerung joint control gemeinsame Unterzeichnung joint signature gemeinsame Werbung co-operative advertising gemeinsamer Bekannter mutual friend gemeinsamer Besitz joint ownership gemeinsamer Besitz joint possession gemeinsamer Erwerb joint acquisition Gemeinsamer Markt Common Market gemeinsamer Vertreter joint agent gemeinsames Eigentum joint property gemeinsames Handeln joint action gemeinsames Handeln; gemeinsames Vorgehen concerted action gemeinsames Konto joint account gemeinsames Unternehmen joint adventure gemeinsames Unternehmen joint venture gemeinschaftliche Nutzung joint use Gemeinschaftsanzeige joint advertisement Gemeinschaftsausgabe joint issue Gemeinschaftsbilanz; Konzernbilanz consolidated balance sheet Gemeinschaftsgeschäft joint business Gemeinschaftskonto joint account Gemeinschaftsrechnung joint account Gemeinschaftsschuld corporate debt Gemeinschaftstelephon party line Gemeinschaftsunternehmen joint enterprise Gemeinschaftsunternehmen joint venture Gemeinschaftswerbung cooperative advertising Gemeinschaftswerbung joint advertising gemessener Wert; Messwert measured value gemischte Wirtschaftsform mixed economy gemischte Ladung general cargo gemischter Ausschuss joint committee gemischtes Sortiment mixed assortment gemischtes Team; gemischte Arbeitsgruppe mixed team gemischtes Warenkonto trading account Gemischtwarenhändler general dealer Gemischtwarenhandlung; Kramladen general store Gemüsehändler greengrocer Gemüseladen greengrocer's shop Gemüseladen greengrocery genannt contemplated genau accurate genau exact genau 10 Jahre nach exactly 10 years since genau bestimmen qualify genau festgelegte Menge; bestimmte Menge specified amount genau untersuchen scrutineer genau wie like genaue Abschrift true copy genaue Anschrift exact address genaue Anweisungen proper instructions genaue Anweisungen geben give proper instructions genaue Information precise information genaue
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

He was excellent indeed, madam; the King very lately spoke of him admiringly and mourningly; he was skilful enough to have liv'd still, if knowledge could be set up against mortality.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

A pox, I heard him, and you too. —He's undone then.— I have been fain to say, the house is haunted With spirits, to keep churl back. SUB.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

The illumination came from a big lantern of the ordinary kind, carried by some one who had just entered the shed.
— from Tom Swift and His Sky Racer; Or, The Quickest Flight on Record by Victor Appleton

Unless the knees can be sufficiently straightened by force a knife must be used to cut across the cords behind the knee, when the limbs may be straightened sufficiently.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

So Carrick, with a scanty following, was carried to the little chapel, behind the throne-room, where the sarcophagi of the ancient kings could be seen lining the walls.
— from Trusia: A Princess of Krovitch by Davis Brinton

For reply Sidney ran up the narrow staircase, Uncle Zenas following more rapidly than one would have supposed he could have moved, and when the two were in the lantern the shadowy forms of the keepers could be seen as they toiled at the oars in what seemed like a vain effort.
— from The Light Keepers: A Story of the United States Light-house Service by James Otis

He had turned as he spoke to see the officer with him, slipping sideways, knees crumpling, body sagging.
— from No Man's Land by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile