It shook her so violently, that when Mr. H. G. Wells lifted her on the point of his puissant pen, and placed her at the angle of view from which the life she was leading and the society to which she clung appeared in its true relation to real human needs and worthy social structure, he effected a conversion and a conviction of sin comparable to the most sensational feats of General Booth or Gypsy Smith.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw

'T may, I grant; But to be paddling palms and pinching fingers, As now they are, and making practis'd smiles As in a looking-glass; and then to sigh, as 'twere The mort o' th' deer.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The emotions are conceived to be purely private and personal, having nothing to do with the work of pure intelligence in apprehending facts and truths,—except perhaps the single emotion of intellectual curiosity.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Anfrage prices on application Preise erhöhen raise prices Preise haben sich erholt prices have recovered Preise herabsetzen lower prices Preise hochhalten keep up prices Preise niedrig halten keep prices down Preisebene; Preisniveau price level Preiselastizität price elasticity Preisentwicklung pice development Preisentwicklung price development Preisentwicklung trend of prices Preiserhaltung; Preisbindung maintenance of price Preiserhöhung increase in price Preiserhöhung markup Preiserhöhung price advance Preiserhöhung price appreciation Preiserholung; Erholung der Preise recovery of prices Preisermäßigung price deduction Preisermäßigung; Preisnachlass reduction of prices Preisermittlung ascertainment of price Preisfestlegung price fixing Preisfestsetzung fixing of prices Preisfrage matter of price Preisführer price leader Preisführer price setter Preisgarantie price guarantee
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Plakatschrift poster type Plakatwerbung billboard advertising Plakatwerbung poster advertising Plan plan Plan schedule Plan scheme Plan für die Altersversorgung pension plan Plan zur Verbesserung; Verbesserungsvorhaben scheme of improvement planen; Plan plan planen; überlegen plan Planerfüllung fulfilment of a plan Plankostenrechnung planned cost calculation planmäßig according to plan planmäßig; wie geplant on schedule Planspiel business game Planungsabteilung planning department Planungsanalytiker planning analyst Planwirtschaft planned economy Plastik; Plastikmaterial plastic material Plastikbeutel plastic bag Platz place Platz site Platz; Stelle spot platzen (Scheck) bounce Platzierung placement Platzwechsel local bill plazieren place Pleite machen go bankrupt plötzliche Kurssteigerung jump in price plötzliche
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

A-losen , v. to praise, PP; alosed , pp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Others prefer paper and pencil.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

photometer, eriometer[obs3], actinometer[obs3], lucimeter[obs3], radiometer; ligth detector, photodiode, photomultiplier, photodiode array, photocell.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

In this manner there is partly peace and partly war, between subjects of both countries.[21]
— from The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping by H. Byerley (Henry Byerley) Thomson

A renewed search was instituted for a deaf and dumb boy, and one was found—"the son of a poor woman"—and in the month of January, 1794, Mrs. Meves procured passports, and proceeded with this boy and a German gentleman to Holland to the Abbé Morlet.
— from Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous

AÏpos¶taÏtize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Apostatized (?); p. pr. & vb.
— from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

While philanthropists and politicians, priests and preachers, men and women theorize about the questions, the questions grow "more insoluble."
— from The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann

Postnasal present present present present present absent present absent absent present absent present Postmental 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 No. scale rows 28-30 30-32 30-32 28 22-24 26-28 ...... 26-28 26 22 26 26 (or 24) Lateral postanal scales undiffer-
— from Life History and Ecology of the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus by Henry S. (Henry Sheldon) Fitch

And the fact is, that since the day when Sydney Smith, of jovial memory, pronounced his famous dictum, that it required a surgical operation to make a Scotchman understand a joke, poor Donald has been powerless to prevent past and present generations from repeating the phrase of the celebrated wit.
— from Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell

Cook was killed, as stated, and soon after, Stenhouse, freed from any restraint except the church and his own pliable conscience, married Celia, daughter of Parley P. Pratt, a pert little miss, fourteen years of age, and took her into his Page 243
— from The Mormon Prophet and His Harem Or, An Authentic History of Brigham Young, His Numerous Wives and Children by C. V. (Catherine Van Valkenburg) Waite

After another long pause, Pigling pushed a peppermint under the door.
— from A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Beatrix Potter

Their successors however, from the time that these books were published, philosophized, and propounded the doctrine of Aristotle more successfully than their predecessors, but were under the necessity of advancing a great deal as probable only, on account of the multitude of errors contained in the copies.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo