Later, on Xnet, I found a Flickr stream of them smuggling all this stuff in, piece by piece, in gym bags and under their coats. — from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
printed in great black
He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank on such a night; he described the said Stephen Blackpool by dress, complexion, estimated height, and manner, as minutely as he could; he recited how he had left the town, and in what direction he had been last seen going; he had the whole printed in great black letters on a staring broadsheet; and he caused the walls to be posted with it in the dead of night, so that it should strike upon the sight of the whole population at one blow. — from Hard Times by Charles Dickens
place it goes beyond
For the proposition: “Every thinking being, as such, is simple substance,” is an a priori synthetical proposition; because in the first place it goes beyond the conception which is the subject of it, and adds to the mere notion of a thinking being the mode of its existence, and in the second place annexes a predicate (that of simplicity) to the latter conception—a predicate which it could not have discovered in the sphere of experience. — from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
Alum is prepared in Great Britain at Whitby from alum-slate—where it forms the cliffs for miles—and was once manufactured near Glasgow from bituminous alum-shale and slate-clay, obtained from old coal-pits. — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide
Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various
There be also two false peaces, or unities; the one, when the peace is grounded but upon an implicit ignorance; for all colors will agree in the dark; the other, when it is pieced up upon a direct admission of contraries in fundamental points; for truth and falsehood, in such things, are like the iron and clay in the toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s image; 79 they may cleave, but they will not incorporate. — from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon
person in Gang bringen
in Flaschen füllen; auf Flaschen füllen to bottle in Form von Geld in monetary form in Frage kommen to come into question in französischer Währung in French currency in fremdem Namen handeln to act on behalf of another person in Gang bringen to put into operation in Gang; in Betrieb at work in geeigneter Weise konkretisiert duly appropriated in geeigneter Weise konkretisiert duly appropriated to the contract in Gefahr bringen endanger in Gefahr bringen jeopardize in Geld schwimmen rolling in money in Geld umsetzen; verflüssigen turn into money in Geld umsetzen; zu Geld machen turn into cash in Geldverlegenheit hardup in getrenntem Umschlag under separate cover in gleichen Raten by equal instalments in gleicher Weise similarly in Grenzen halten keep within a limit in Grenzen halten to keep within a limit in Großbuchstaben in capital letters in großem Umfang large scale in großem Umfang large-scale in großen Gebinden; Bulkware; bulk in größeren Mengen in larger quantities in gutem Glauben bona fide in gutem Glauben erwerben to acquire in good faith in gutem Zustand; in einwandfreiem Zustand in good order and condition in Höhe von; belaufend auf amounting to in ihren jeweiligen Ländern in their respective countries in ihrer äußeren Aufmachung on their face in inländischer Währung in local currency in Kaufstimmung in a buying mood in keiner Hinsicht in no way in Klammern in brackets in kleinem Umfang tätig sein to operate on a small scale in Kommission on sale or return in Kommission sale or return in Kommission verkaufen sell on commission in Kommission; als Konsignationsware on consignment in Konkurrenz sein mit compete with in Kraft effective in Kraft in force in Kraft traten to take effect in Kraft treten become effective in Kraft treten come into force in Kraft treten to become operative in Kraft treten to come into effect in Kraft treten to come into force in Kraft treten to come into operation in Kraft treten to go into effect in Lehre apprenticed in Leichterschiffen in lighters in leitender Funktion in a managerial capacity in meiner Eigenschaft als in my capacity as in meiner Stellung als in my capacity as in Naturalien zahlen to pay in kind in öffentlichem Besitz public domain in örtlicher Währung zahlbar payable in local currency in Pfand nehmen take as security in Privatbesitz überführen denationalize in professioneller Funktion in a professional capacity in Prozenten percentagewise in Raten zahlen pay by instalments in Rechnung gestellte — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
people in general but
It was well receiv'd by the common people in general; but the rich men dislik'd it, for it increas'd and strengthen'd the clamor for more money, and they happening to have no writers among them that were able to answer it, their opposition slacken'd, and the point was carried by a majority in the House. — from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
This act shall come into force from and after a date to be named in a proclamation by the Governor-General, which proclamation may be issued when the Governor in council is advised that the privilege of salving any property wrecked or of aiding any vessels wrecked, disabled, or in distress in United States waters contiguous to Canada will be extended to Canadian vessels and wrecking appliances to the extent to which such privilege is granted by this act to United States vessels and wrecking appliances. — from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents
Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN WELLS GARDNER, DARTON AND CO., LTD., LONDON Illustrated by A. G. Walker A Book of Ballad Stories Selected and Edited by MARY MACLEOD With Introduction by EDWARD DOWDEN 'Beyond it rose a castle fair Y-built of marble stone; The battlements were gilt with gold, And glittered in the sun.—p. — from Forgotten Tales of Long Ago by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
On the dyke-top here, the clover, with great ball-blooms of rich pink, is growing beside the purple-toothed vetch and the small yellow stars of another unknown flower. — from Sketch-Book of the North by George Eyre-Todd
This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight,
shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?)
spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words.
Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but
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