Morality has shown herself to be the greatest mistress of seduction ever since men began to discourse and persuade on earth—and, what concerns us philosophers even more, she is the veritable Circe of philosophers .
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Filia praesumitur, esse matri similis , saith [6272] Nevisanus? Such [6273] a mother, such a daughter; mali corvi malum ovum.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

sie Zahlung erhalten haben before receiving payment Ehevertrag marriage settlement Ehre honour Ehre; ehren; honorieren honour Ehrenakzept acceptance for honour Ehrenamt honorary office ehrenhalber honorary Ehrenmitglied honorary member Ehrenschuld debt of honour Ehrenzahlung payment for honour ehrgeiziges Programm ambitious programme Ehrlichkeit fidelity eichen calibrate Eichung calibration Eid oath eidesstattliche Erklärung affidavit Eifer zeal Eigenbedarf personal requirements eigene Marke own brand eigene Mittel own funds eigenen Wechsel zur Annahme vorlegen present a bill for acceptance eigenes
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Fanny could not wonder that Edmund was at the Parsonage every morning; she would gladly have been there too, might she have gone in uninvited and unnoticed, to hear the harp; neither could she wonder that, when the evening stroll was over, and the two families parted again, he should think it right to attend Mrs. Grant and her sister to their home, while Mr. Crawford was devoted to the ladies of the Park; but she thought it a very bad exchange; and if Edmund were not there to mix the wine and water for her, would rather go without it than not.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

[62-8] —preguntó el otro, medio conmovido con mis palabras. —¡Es muy sencillo!
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

"Please everybody!" Malherbe says, with crafty eye, "Now hear my story ere you make reply.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

This kiss, the forerunner of the most delicious pleasures, had imparted to my hands the greatest boldness; I was on the point of.... but the marchioness, changing her position, entreated me so sweetly to respect her, that, enjoying new voluptuousness through my very obedience, I not only abandoned an easy victory, but I even begged her pardon, which I soon read in the most loving look.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Lib. 1. de rep. Gallorum; quod tot lites et causae forenses, aliae ferantur ex aliis, in immensum producantur, et magnos sumptus requirant unde fit ut juris administri plerumque nobilium possessiones adquirant, tum quod sumptuose vivant, et a mercatoribus absorbentur et splendissime vestiantur, &c. 700 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; note - appointment of attorney general requires consent of the Senate elections: president elected by popular vote for a single six-year term; election last held on 2 July 2006 (next to be held 1 July 2012) election results: Felipe CALDERON elected president; percent of vote - Felipe CALDERON 35.89%, Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR 35.31%, Roberto MADRAZO 22.26%, other 6.54% Micronesia, Federated States of chief of state: President Emanuel MORI (since 11 May 2007); Vice President Alik L. ALIK (since 11 May 2007); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Emanuel MORI (since 11 May 2007); Vice President Alik L. ALIK (since 11 May 2007) cabinet: Cabinet includes the vice president and the heads of the eight executive departments elections: president and vice president elected by Congress from among the four senators at large for a four-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 11 May 2007 (next to be held May 2011); note - a proposed constitutional amendment to establish popular elections for president and vice president failed election results: Emanuel MORI elected president; percent of Congress vote - NA; Alik L. ALIK elected vice president; percent of Congress vote - NA Moldova chief of state: President Vladimir VORONIN (since 4 April 2001) head of government: Prime Minister Zinaida GRECEANII (since 31 March 2008); First Deputy Prime Minister Igor DODON (since 31 March 2008)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"That is a very plausible explanation, Mr. Somers," added the lieutenant.
— from Brave Old Salt; or, Life on the Quarter Deck: A Story of the Great Rebellion by Oliver Optic

çibola son siete pueblos el mayor se dice maçaque comunmente son de tres y quatro altos las casas en maçaque ay casas de quatro altos y de siete estas gentes son bien entendidas andan cubiertas sus berguenças y todas las partes deshonestas con paños a manera de serbilletas de mesa con rapasejos y una borla en cada esquina atan los sobre el quadril bisten pellones de plumas y de pelo de liebres mãtas de algodon las mugeres se bisten de mantas que las atan o añudan sobre el honbro isquierdo
— from The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542. Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1. by George Parker Winship

—Very early in the morning I walked about three miles to see Govett's Leap: a view of a similar character with that near the Weatherboard, but perhaps even more stupendous.
— from Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N. by Charles Darwin

[ref.118] - [ref.120] ) have for many years performed elegant microanalytical studies of single nerve cells.
— from Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964 by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Je me restreignis done au second pélerinage, et messire Sanson de Lalaing voulut m'y accompagner, ainsi que Humbert.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

Gonsalvo’s graceful person exhibited more softness than energy; his languid dark blue eyes, more tenderness and love than boldness and pride; a soft melancholy overshadowed his countenance, and an air of voluptuous suffering quivered about his smiling lips, around which a timid smile rarely played, like a gentle wave gliding over pearls and coral.
— from Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince. by Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von

Pence took more time about it and put even more speed into his throw.
— from Rex Kingdon on Storm Island by Gordon Braddock