So back by water to Westminster Palace, and there got a coach which carried us as far as the Minorys, and there some thing of the traces broke, and we forced to ‘light, and walked to Mrs. Horsfield’s house, it being a long and bad way, and dark, and having there put her in a doors, her husband being in bed, we left her and so back to our coach, where the coachman had put it in order, but could not find his whip in the dark a great while, which made us stay long. — from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
“You picked off two.” “Oh, but see, this little one shan’t count to make up,” said Levin, tearing off a little half-grown petal. — from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
manure upon such lands
No person shall fell, girdle, mark, lop, uproot, or burn, or strip off the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damage any tree growing on the said lands, or remove the timber, or collect the natural produce of such trees or lands, or quarry or collect stone, lime, gravel, earth or manure upon such lands, or break up such lands for cultivation, or erect buildings of any description, or cattle kraals; and no person or persons, other than the Todas named in the patta concerned, shall graze cattle, sheep, or goats upon such lands, unless he is authorised so to do by the Collector of Nilgiris, or some person empowered by him. — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
Seekarte marine chart Seekonnossement bill of lading covering carriage by sea Seekonnossement marine bill of lading Seekonnossement ocean bill of lading seemäßige Verpackung seaworthy packing Seerecht maritime law Seeroute ocean route Seetransport carriage by sea Seetransport maritime transport seetüchtig ocean-going Seetüchtigkeit eines Schiffes seaworthiness of a ship Seeversicherung marine insurance Seeversicherungsgesellschaft marine underwriter Segelliste; Liste der Abfahrten list of sailings Segelschiff ausgenommen not being a sailing vessel Segeltuch canvas sehr fleißig hard-working sehr gefragt much asked for sehr günstiger Preis economy-price sehr klein machen; minimal halten minimize sehr zuvorkommend very obliging sei vorsichtig take care Seidenpapier tissue paper sein Geld redlich verdienen turn an honest penny sein Vermögen vermachen make over one's estate sein wife verlassen abandon one's wife seine Arbeit verrichten to do one's work seine Bank mit etwas betrauen entrusting sth. — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
mother unless sister Lillie
"Charlie would not dress for his morning walk," answered the mother, "unless sister Lillie assisted in the robing of the young tyrant, so she is in the nursery." — from Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Various
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Aktivposten illiquid assets Schwerindustrie heavy industry schwitzen sweat Seefracht maritime freight Seehafenspediteur shipping agent seemäßige Verpackung seaworthy packing Seerecht maritime law Seeversicherung marine insurance Seeversicherungsgesellschaft marine underwriter Segelliste list of sailings sein Geld redlich verdienen turn an honest penny sekundäre Nachfrage derived demand sekundäres Einkommen derived income Sekundawechsel second of exchange selbständig self-dependent Selbstbedienung self-service Selbstbedienungsladen self-service shop selbstgemacht home made Selbstkostenpreis cost-price Selbstkostenpreis net cost price selektiv selective selten seldom Seltenheitswert scarcity value Sendung consignment Sendung shipment senior senior Serie serial Serie series setzen set Show show Show Business show business sich an das Gesetz halten abide by the law sich angliedern affiliate sich anhäufen accumulate sich auf etwas spezialisieren specialize in sth. — from Mr. Honey's Small Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, used strong language: “I was exceedingly surprised—more so, I will say, than I ever was before, at a judicial decision, in my life—at the opinion to which the Committee on the Judiciary arrived in relation to this matter.” — from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 14 (of 20) by Charles Sumner
But whether explained sentimentally or scientifically, the result is the same: that expectation makes up so large a component part of pleasure that, when there is nothing new to expect, pleasure becomes so attenuated as to be scarcely visible. — from Othmar by Ouida
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