Ex quo debet intellegi talibus praemiis propositis numquam defutura bella civilia.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Beschreibung des Jüdischen Sabbath," [360] 1750; "Die Verderbniss des heutigen Judenthums," 1752; "Beschreibung des Jüdischen Neujahrfestes," 1755; "Beschreibung des Jüdischen Purimfestes," 1758; "Beschreibung des Jüdischen Yom Kippur," 1760; "Sammlung Talmudisches Lehrsätze," Schwabach, 1763; "Abhandlung von der Verleumdung," 1765; "Sendschreiben an Rabbi Peloni aus der Stadt Lo-Theda," 1766; "Kurzgefaste Talmudische Lehrsätze von der Nothwendigkeit sich in den Ehestand zu begeben," no date; "Beweis von der Uebereinstimmung der alten Israelitischen Kabbalah mit der Lehre des Apostel Paulus," no date; "Beweisgrunde von der Uebereinstimmung der Altjüdischen Lehre mit der Lehre der Christen," 1770; "Kristliche gesinnte Erklärung der Kabbalisten über das Hohelied," 1776.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein
From this time, I confess, I had a mind to venture over, and see if I could possibly join with those bearded men, who I made no doubt were Spaniards and Portuguese; not doubting but, if I could, we might find some method to escape from thence, being upon the continent, and a good company together, better than I could from an island forty miles off the shore, alone and without help.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Rough Riders in this country recently, and more recently the young men of the aristocracy of England, went to war from motives of patriotism, no doubt, but there are unmistakable evidences that they also regarded it as the greatest sport they were likely to have a chance at in a lifetime.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess
We should be wrong to judge them harshly; their theories on the perfectibility of human nature, on the advantages of savagery, which appear to us "dangerous chimeras," were never intended to apply to real life, only to the World of the Clouds, where they present no danger but become, on the contrary, "the most fecund truths."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster
En Bahía puede tomarse uno de los cómodos vapores que costean la parte norte del Brasil, por
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
Whosoever hath not patience, neither doth be possess philosophy.
— 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.
I made my intentions known to Ascyltos, who, as he wished to rid himself of the importunities of Psyche, was delighted; had not Giton been shut up in the bridal-chamber, the plan would have presented no difficulties, but we wished to take him with us, and out of the way of the viciousness of these prostitutes.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter
Nutzlast net load Nutzlast eines Fahrzeugs payload nützlich; dienlich; brauchbar useful Nützlichkeit usefulness Nützlichkeit utility Nützlichkeit; Nutzen utility nutzlos; vergebens vain nutzloses Material useless material nutznießend beneficial Nutzschwelle break-even point Nutzung der Resourcen utilization of resources Nutzungshauptzeit controlled machine time Nutzungshauptzeit running time
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
As Campbell had borrowed from Akenside and written The Pleasures of Hope , Rogers enriched our literature with The Pleasures of Memory , a poem of exquisite versification, more finished and unified than its pendent picture; containing neither passion nor declamation, but polish, taste, and tenderness.
— from English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée
"For my lord of Hertford's cause, when the verdict was ready to be given up, Mr. Attorney interposed himself for the king, and said that the land that they both strove for was the king's, and until his title were decided, the jury ought not to proceed; not doubting but the king will be gracious to both lords.
— from Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 1 of 3 by Henry Hallam
5) the angle in the floor of the mid-brain becomes very acute indeed; in other words, the anterior part of the brain has been bent upon the posterior through nearly two right angles, and the infundibulum, or primitive front end of the brain, now points nearly directly backwards.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour
I shall not believe fully till I see or hear from good evidence of animals (as has been stated is possible) not drugged, being put to stupor; of course the impossibility would not prove mesmerism false; but it is the only clear experimentum crucis, and I am astonished it has not been systematically tried.
— from Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin
You've got tew go Young man, right off this farm; Old Natur knows a pile, no doubt, But you an' her hed best get out!
— from Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford
By some fatality, principally no doubt because of the interest they excited, every discovery he published was the signal for an outburst of criticism and sometimes of attack.
— from Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir
The aged Katrina, the masculine Willie, and other imaginary beings were tried and rejected; principally, no doubt, because her thirteen-year-old imagination was unequal to the task of investing them with satisfactory attributes.
— from Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce
This last he will probably never do, because the island would be annexed, but if he did, part of the price of independence would be an extradition treaty.
— from The Exiles of Faloo by Barry Pain
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