A striking instance of the use of this 169 quality is the work of the remarkable Spanish painter usually called El Greco, two of whose works are here shown (page 172
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

—Ese hecho produjo una crisis económica profunda en tales labores; pero dió al gobierno la oportunidad de poner en práctica un plan de colonización agrícola para atraer al inmigrante europeo.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Einbauten und Zubehör fixtures and fittings Einbehaltung der Lohnsteuer pay-as-you-earn Einberufung einer Versammlung calling of a meeting einbezahlt paid in einbezahlt paid-in einbezahltes Kapital paid up capital einbezahltes Kapital paid-in capital einbezahltes Kapital paid-up capital einblenden fade in einbringen yield einbringen; einführen introduce einbringen; Ertrag yield einbürgern naturalize Einbürgerung naturalization eindeutig abgesondert clearly set aside eindeutig; Zweideutigkeit ausgeschlossen clear without ambiguity Eindruck impression eindrucksvoll impressive eine Abmachung nicht einhalten break an engagement eine Akte verlegen to misplace a file eine andere als die Einreicherbank other than the remitting bank eine andere Firma übernehmen to absorb another company eine Änderung des Akkredtivs an amendment to the credit eine Angabe des Zinssatzes an indication of the rate of interest eine
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

—Pues lo celebro, porque desde que las heredé no me han producido un cuarto estas célebres tierras.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

You are no stranger to the fact, that there have been periods of my life, when it has been requisite that I should pause, until certain expected events should turn up; when it has been necessary that I should fall back, before making what I trust I shall not be accused of presumption in terming—a spring.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

opérer , produire un certain effet.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Chichikov reassured his hostess on the point, and Madame plucked up courage enough to scan, first of all, the housekeeper, who happened to be issuing from the storehouse with a bowl of honey, and, next, a young peasant who happened to be standing at the gates; and, while thus engaged, she became wholly absorbed in her domestic pursuits.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est, pro qua quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere, si ei sit profuturus?
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Mala Bacchica tantum olim in amoribus praevaluerunt, ut coronae ex illis statuae Bacchi ponerentur.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Guy scrambled to his feet to run for his life, but he saw the Woodchuck lying squirming, and plucked up courage enough to give him a couple of kicks on the nose that settled him.
— from Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Ernest Thompson Seton

I have no doubt they had a long talk after the chief returned to them, and that it was some time after it became dark before they could pluck up courage enough to climb the rock, though I expect they must have got close to it very soon after we left.
— from In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

'Sa selle est faite de deux rouleaux de paille reliés par une courroie et maintenus par une sangle de cuir.'
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

un carapata ... un bonnet de police; un conscrit enfin!—
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

Plantaba una choza en la rinconada de un arroyo, bien cerca del agua para evitarse el trabajo de acarrearla; y como los prebostes de la hermandad solían tener la ocurrencia de atravesar los campos, con cincuenta o sesenta blandengues, ahorcando expeditivamente bandoleros, el gaucho tenía buen cuidado de levantar esa choza cubierta por el bosque, y con sendas o vados que le eran conocidos, para
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

Guiart furnishes another:— "Renaut, jadis quens de Bouloingne, Qui mort ne mehaing ne resoingne, Tant est plain de grant hardement, Ot fait dès le commencement De serjanz plains de grant prouece Une closture en réondèce, [Pg 224] Ou, en reposant, s'aaisoit Toutes les fois qu'il li plaisoit; Et r'issoit de leanz souvent Quant il avoit pris air ou vent."— Sub an. 1214.
— from Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century by John Hewitt

"Emerald Isle" (the green island ) is a very appropriate name for Ireland, We saw many light-houses and beautiful castles hanging upon the rocky shores or standing proudly upon commanding eminences.
— from The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, Italy, and Egypt, Adapted to the Wants of Young Americans Taking Their First Glimpses at the Old World by George H. Heffner