LYNCH: (Embracing Kitty on the sofa, chants deeply.)
— from Ulysses by James Joyce
Se li estus konfesinte la kulpon kaj petinte pardonon, tiam la juĝistoj eble estus punintaj lin per nura ( mere ) monpago ( fine ).
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed
“You no longer even know how to talk to us.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
Wochen a period of fifteen days eine Frist vorbehalten reserve a period eine Gastwirtschaft führen keep an inn eine gefälschte Urkunde a falsified document eine gegenteilige Vereinbarung an agreement to the contrary eine Geldstrafe auferlegen impose a fine eine genau bestimmte Frist a specified period of time eine gerichtliche Instanz a judicial authority eine Gewohnheit herausbilden form a habit eine Grenze anheben raise a limit eine Grenze festsetzen to fix a limit eine Grenze vorschreiben give a limit eine Grundlage schaffen establish a basis eine hinzugefügte Klausel a superimposed clause eine Hypothek aufnehmen effect a mortgage eine Hypothek aufnehmen raise a mortgage eine Hypothek bestellen create a mortgage eine Hypothek eintragen record a mortgage eine Hypothek eintragen register a mortgage eine Hypothek kündigen call in a mortgage eine Hypothek löschen cancel a mortgage eine Hypothek löschen discharge a mortgage eine Hypothek löschen to cancel a mortgage eine Hypothek übernehmen assume a mortgage eine Hypothek zurückzahlen redeem a mortgage eine Information piece of information eine internationale Organisation für an international organization for eine junge Dame entführen to abduct a jung lady eine Karte studieren study a map eine Klage aufgeben to abandon a lawsuit eine Konferenz hinausschieben to defer a meeting eine Konferenz vertagen to adjourn a meeting eine Konzession erteilen grant a concession eine Kursangabe
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
" Sigvat was long entertained kindly and well in the house of Earl Ragnvald.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
The SchoolBooks were the snitchiest technology of them all, logging every keystroke, watching all the network traffic for suspicious keywords, counting every click, keeping track of every fleeting thought you put out over the net.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
[12] Fanny Austen, afterward Lady Edward Knatchbull.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen
Levin thought that the clearness of Katavasov’s conception of life was due to the poverty of his nature; Katavasov thought that the disconnectedness of Levin’s ideas was due to his lack of intellectual discipline; but Levin enjoyed Katavasov’s clearness, and Katavasov enjoyed the abundance of Levin’s untrained ideas, and they liked to meet and to discuss.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
And she worked me that shot-pouch up thar, which the man doesn't live ez kin use; And slippers—you see 'em down 'yer—ez would cradle an Injin's papoose.
— from Complete Poetical Works by Bret Harte
An old wagon was driven up and stopped before our quarters, and before long everybody knew all that was to be known about it.
— from The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by S. A. (Samuel A.) Swiggett
CHAPTER XXXVI MAMMIES AND GRANNIES Cupboard love — Every kind of love is more or less selfish except maternal love — Maternal love over-rated — If you never had a grannie, do get one — Reminiscences of grannies — A sacrifice — Grannies are not at all prejudiced in favour of their grandchildren.
— from Her Royal Highness Woman by Max O'Rell
This fire, though it consumed 13,000 houses and laid waste 400 streets, compelling 200,000 persons to camp out in the country, has always been regarded as one of the greatest blessings London ever knew.
— from The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 57, December 9, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
Now—all together: ’Long live Edward, King of England!’” “LONG LIVE EDWARD, KING OF ENGLAND!”
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
For his own sake, you needn't let everybody know where he is.
— from The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda by Victor Hugo
Like every knight whose own home was not pleasant, he sometimes gambled; and when, yesterday, ill luck pursued him and he lost the estate of Tannenreuth, he sincerely regretted the disaster, but it could not be helped.
— from In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 04 by Georg Ebers
These words seemed to coincide with some suspicions his visitors had formed, probably from hints he had already dropped; and when they retired, although they did not dare say anything to him personally, they took good care to let everybody know what they had seen, heard, and suspected.
— from Claimants to Royalty by John Henry Ingram
"I should have thought she was the person one could least escape knowing in the three kingdoms."
— from Sir George Tressady — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
WALTER Watch yo'self Dave, don't get to worryin bout Daisy and let 'em ketch yo' jack.
— from De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts by Zora Neale Hurston
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