In the midst of such numberless attempted applications of so many experiments, repeated every day, it is almost impossible that general laws should not frequently be brought to light; so that great discoveries would be frequent, though great inventors be rare.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Médiocre et rampant, et l'on arrive à tout —Be second-rate and fawning, and you may attain to anything. Beaumarchais.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

SYN: Exculpate, absolve, pardon, forgive, overlook, condone, i emit, indulge, justify, vindicate, defend, acquit, mitigate, extenuate, release, exempt, exonerate.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

The Muscovian emperors reclaim eagles to fly at hinds, foxes, &c., and such a one was sent for a present to [3235] Queen Elizabeth: some reclaim ravens, castrils, pies, &c., and man them for their pleasures.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

When, at length, we had concluded our examination, and the intense excitement of the time had, in some measure, subsided, Legrand, who saw that I was dying with impatience for a solution of this most extraordinary riddle, entered into a full detail of all the circumstances connected with it.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

Erleichterungen sind eingeschlossen facilities are included Erlös proceeds Erlös abtreten to assign proceeds Erlös aus einer Erfindung benefit of an invention erloschen extinct erlöschen expire Erlöschen eines Patents expiration of a patent Erlöskonto account of proceeds ermächtigen authorize ermächtigen empower ermächtigt empowered ermächtigt eine andere Bank authorizes another bank ermächtigter Angestellter authorized clerk Ermächtigung power of authority ermäßigte Satz; ermäßigter Preis reduced rate ermäßigte Steuer reduced tax ermäßigter Preis reduced price Ermäßigung für Schüler und Studenten reduction for students Ermäßigung von Abgaben remission Ermäßigung; Kürzung; Rabatt reduction Ermäßigung; Nachlass abatement Ermessen discretionary power Ermessensfrage matter of discretion Ermessensfreiheit power of discretion Ermessensmissbrauch abuse of discretion ermöglichen enable Ermüdung fatigue Ermüdungskurve fatigue curve ermutigen encourage Ermutigung encouragement ernannt appointed ernennbar qualified for appointment Ernennung auf Lebenszeit appointment for life Ernennungsurkunde certificate of appointment Ernennungsurkunde letter of appointment erneuern renew erneuern; verlängern renew Erneuerung renewal Erneuerung; Verlängerung renewal Erneuerungsschein certificate of renewal erneut in Betracht ziehen reconsider erneute Kauflust fresh demand eröffnende Bank opening bank Eröffnung eines Kontos opening of an account Eröffnungsbilanz opening balance sheet Eröffnungskurs beginning rate Eröffnungskurs opening price Eröffnungskurs opening rate Eröffnungsnotierungen opening quotations Eröffnungstermin opening date Erpressung blackmail errechnen compute Errechnung computation Errechnung des Erlöäses calculation of the proceeds Errichtung construction Errichtung formation Ersatz replacement Ersatzbedarf replacement demand Ersatzkosten opportunity cost Ersatzteile spare parts Ersatzwert alternative costs erscheinen to appear Erscheinungsform form of appearance Erscheinungsort place of publication erschöpfen exhaust erschöpft exhausted erschwerende Umstände aggravating circumstances Erschwerung des Absatzes hardening of the market ersetzen replace ersetzen die bestehenden Richtlinien replace the existing rules ersetzen; Ersatz substitute Ersparnisse savings Ersparnisse aufbrauchen eat up savings Erstauftrag initial order
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

She encouraged, counselled, acted, and the most energetic resolutions emanated from her.
— from Political Women, Vol. 1 by Menzies, Sutherland, active 1840-1883

Our pious Fathers, feeling well what importance lay in the speaking of man to men, founded churches, made endowments, regulations; everywhere in the civilized world there is a Pulpit, environed with all manner of complex dignified appurtenances and furtherances, that therefrom a man with the tongue may, to best advantage, address his fellow-men.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

An interesting discovery in this reference was made some years ago in the shape of a figure of the Cretan Labyrinth, of circular type, roughly engraved amid other pictographs on the wall of the ruined Casa Grande , an old Indian erection in Pinal County, Arizona, U.S.A. An exactly similar figure, with the addition of some unknown symbol opposite its "entrance" ( Fig. 131 ), was also found in a manuscript entitled "Rudo Ensayo" (Rough Essay), written by a Spaniard who visited the country—the home of the Pima Indians—in 1761 or 1762.
— from Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development by W. H. Matthews

That of Fergus, especially while issuing orders to his followers during their military exercise, reminded Edward of a favourite passage in the description of Emetrius: —whose voice was heard around, Loud as a trumpet with a silver sound.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

These beings are more worthy than we are, they have many more organs and faculties, they must therefore, in employing their disposable faculties according to their will, just as we employ ours according to our will, be able to dispose, to work, to manœuvre all inanimate matter, and to do all this among themselves, and also with respect to intelligent beings who are their inferiors, with much more energy, rapidity, enlightenment, and wisdom than we possess, we who nevertheless do it for the beasts subordinate to us.
— from The Day After Death; Or, Our Future Life According to Science (New Edition) by Louis Figuier

Som gôt s , hu brau s - t òp-òn thi plènt fròm huicc thi còffi sîds a r gàtha r d, uea r òbsèrv - d bai thi gôtha r ds tu bi èchsîdingl e uêchful, ènd òfn tu chêpa r èbaut in thi nait; thi pràio r ô v ê nêb a rin mònnast e r e , uiscin tu chip his mònchs êuêch èt thèa r mat-tins, traid if thi côffi ud prôdiù s thi sêm èffècht òp-òn thèm, ès it uòs òbsèrv - d tu du òp-òn thi gôt s ; thi sòch-sès òv his èchspèrimènt lèd tu thi apprèsciêsciòn
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 11, 1917 by Various

"Da mihi basium"—give me a kiss—he is fabled to have said to Archbishop Aethelnoth, and on receiving it to have taken the salute as acquiescence in the request—"Da mihi Bosham": probably the earliest and also the most expensive recorded example in England of this particular form of humour.
— from Highways and Byways in Sussex by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

No. 2. F lorid A R ando M E ri E E ndeavo R D elh
— from Harper's Young People, March 22, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

One morning Ernest rose earlier than his wont, and sauntered carelessly through the conservatory which adjoined his sitting-room; observing the plants with placid curiosity (for besides being a little of a botanist, he had odd visionary notions about the life of plants, and he saw in them a hundred mysteries which the herbalists do not teach us), when he heard a low and very musical voice singing at a little distance.
— from Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron