“I have got back my old companion, 'killdeer',” he added, striking his hand on the breech of his rifle; “and that in itself is a victory.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

There is nothing whimsical and fantastic in his production, but sweet and sad earnest, freighted with the weightiest convictions, and pointed with the most determined aim which any man or class knows of in his times.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is a matter of common knowledge that he was somewhat hard of hearing, so he hardly ever gave me occasion to put him any question.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

Let a man be punctual on principle to any one engagement in the day, and he must, as a matter of course, keep all his others in their due places relatively to this one; and so will often wear an appearance of being needlessly punctilious in trifles.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

M. Barthou, in his Life of Mirabeau, refers to it as a matter of common knowledge, and relates that a paper was found at Mirabeau's house describing a new Order to be grafted on Freemasonry.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

I Trainor, the druggist, a miser of chemicals, Killed while making an experiment, Lived unwedded.
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

The whole imposture would soon have been discovered if anyone had possessed a peerage, but it just happened that there was not a copy in Corfu, and the French consul, a fat blockhead, like many other consuls, knew nothing of family trees.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Kommunikationsbereich communications Kommunikationsmittel means of communication Kommunikationstheorie communication theory kompakt compact Kompensation compensation Kompensationsgeschäft cross trade Kompensationsgeschäfte compensation transactions kompensieren compensate Kompensierung compensation Kompetent; zuständig; fähig competent komplementär complementary Komplementärprodukte complementary goods Komplimentärprodukte complimentary goods Komplize accomplice kompliziert complicated kompliziert machen; komplizieren complicate Komponente component komprehensiv; umfassend comprehensive Konfektionskleidung ready-made clothing Konferenztisch conference table konfiszieren confiscate Konflikt conflict Königreich kingdom Konjunkturanalyse business cycle analysis Konjunkturaufschwung economic boom konjunkturbedingt depending on market conditions konjunkturbedingt; zyklisch cyclical Konjunkturbeobachter economic forecaster Konjunkturpolitik business cycle policy Konjunkturschwankung cyclical fluctuation Konjunkturtheorie theory of business cycles Konjunkturverlauf business cycle Konjunkturvorhersage cyclical forecast Konjunkturzyklus trade cycle Konkurrent competitor Konkurrenten aus Übersee overseas competitors Konkurrenten in Übersee overseas competitors Konkurrenz unter Herstellern manufacturers' competition Konkurrenz unter Käufern buyers' competition Konkurrenz unter Verkäufern sellers' competition Konkurrenzartikel; Konkurrenzware competitive article Konkurrenzklausel competition clause konkurrieren; im Wettstreit liegen compete konkurrierende Marken competing brands konkurrierende Waren competing products Konkursdelikt act of bankruptcy Konkurseröffnung opening of bankruptcy Konkursgericht court of bankruptcy Konkursmasse bankrupt's assets Konkursordnung bankruptcy act Konkursverfahren bankruptcy proceeding Konkursverfahren bankruptcy proceedings Konkursvergehen act of bankruptcy können angenommen werden may be accepted können direkt übersandt werden may be sent directly können erheblich verringert werden can be much reduced können ermäßigt oder verkürzt werden may be reduced or curtailed können Sie etwas geheim halten can you keep a secret können über eine andere Bank übersandt werden may be sent through another bank können übersandt werden may be sent Konnossement bill of lading Konnossement master's receipt Konnossement ohne Einschränkung clean bill of lading Konnossementsindossament endorsement of a bill of lading Konsignationsware consigned goods Konsignationsware consignment goods konsolidierte Bilanz consolidated balance sheet Konsortium consortium konstant constant konstante Kosten constant costs Konsul consul konsularisch consular Konsulatsfaktura consular invoice Konsulatsgebühr consular fee Konsulatsgebühren consular charges Konsulatsgebühren consular fees konsultieren consult Konsumbesteuerung tax on consumption Konsumentenkredit consumer credit Konsumentenkredit loan for consumption Konsumgenossenschaft industrial and provident society Konsumgenossenschaft retail cooperative Konsumladen co-operative store Konsumlenkung control of consumption Konsumsteigerung growth in consumption Kontakt aufnehmen approach Kontakt aufnehmen establish contact Kontakt; kontaktieren; Kontakt aufnehmen contact Kontaktaufnahme approach Kontakter contact man Kontango backwardation Konten abstimmen agree accounts Konten der Ministerien ministerial accounts Konten fälschen manipulate accounts Kontenabstimmung reconciliation of accounts Kontenänderung change of account Kontenart type of account Kontenausgleich settlement of accounts Kontenauszug statement of account Kontenauszug der Bank bank statement Kontenbezeichnung name of account Kontenklasse class of accounts Kontenplan chart of accounts
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

The other objection to this definition of truth is that it assumes the meaning of 'coherence' known, whereas, in fact, 'coherence' presupposes the truth of the laws of logic.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

M. Howyn de Tranchère, a man of considerable kindness and devotion, who had acted as porter at the Mairie, acted as forager at the barracks.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

But, if so, who is to assure us that this Gospel history, with its assertion of the Messiahship of Jesus, was already a matter of common knowledge before it was fixed in writing, and did not first become known in a literary form?
— from The Quest of the Historical Jesus A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede by Albert Schweitzer

Represents the ancient mode of carrying keys on shoulder, adapted to the British key found in Caburn.
— from On the Development and Distribution of Primitive Locks and Keys by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers

Memorials and petitions from those aggrieved, and others, were addressed to the legislature, praying for an investigation of the whole matter, and for redress and protection against the criminal proceedings of the Governor and his troops, in seizing our property, murdering our citizens, kidnapping our leaders and others, and driving us from the State.
— from The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and Travels by Parley P. (Parley Parker) Pratt

The Maitrāyaṇīyas, originally called Kālāpas, appear at one time to have occupied the region around the lower course of the Narmadā for a distance of some two hundred miles from the sea, extending to the south of its mouth more than a hundred miles, as far as Nāasik, and northwards beyond the modern city of Baroda.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

That Kuhn was on the point of collapsing was a matter of common knowledge.
— from The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

The request was complied with by sending to my assistance the greater part of my own company ("K")from Fort Yamhill.
— from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete by Philip Henry Sheridan

The system was, therefore, well adapted to commemorate what was already known, but was of little service as a mode of communicating knowledge anew.
— from Romulus Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

Instead of the old conception, of events regulated from day to day by the unforeseen and changeable volitions of a legion of deities, it seemed more and more probable that all the phaenomena of the universe took place according to rules which must have been planned from the beginning; by which conception the function of the gods seemed to be limited to forming the plans, and setting the machinery in motion: their subsequent office appeared to be reduced to a sinecure, or if they continued to reign, it was in the manner of constitutional kings, bound by the laws to which they had previously given their assent.
— from Auguste Comte and Positivism by John Stuart Mill

Vafthrudni asks about Day and Night, and the river which divides the Giants from the Gods, matters of common knowledge; and then puts a question as to the future: “What is the Page 7 plain where Surt and the blessed Gods shall meet in battle?”
— from The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 by L. Winifred Faraday