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S aa S a buten ever
ever, S; aa , S; a buten , ever without, S; see O .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Saldo ausgleichen settle a balance einen
quote a price einen Preis angeben to quote a price einen Preis festlegen to fix a price einen Preis festsetzen ascertain a price einen Rabatt gewähren allow a discount einen Rechtsanwalt einspannen to employ a lawyer einen Rechtsanwalt in Anspruch nehmen to employ a lawyer einen Saldo ausgleichen settle a balance einen Schaden vergüten to pay damages einen Schaden wieder gut machen to make good
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

soft arm slips And bright eyes
Warm kisses play on mother’s lips, On her fond, tender breast awaking; When round her neck the soft arm slips, And bright eyes smile, all love partaking.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

service and shall always be even
"Oh! yes, monsieur; whatever you choose; I am at your service, and shall always be; even if my position should change, my devotion to you would remain the same.
— from Sans-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Paul de Kock

scapulars and secondaries are broadly edged
Most of the feathers of the shoulders, scapulars and secondaries are broadly edged with chestnut; these edgings are paler in winter.
— from Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) by Arthur Cleveland Bent

stability and strength and be enabled
You will, of course, have difficulties to surmount and prejudices to encounter, but I trust that with God's blessing your new community when once organized will continue from day to day to gain increased stability and strength, and be enabled to carry out successfully all its laudable aims for the good of our holy religion.
— from Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott

shortening add sugar and beaten egg
Spice Cakes 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1-3/4 cups flour 3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1/2 cup milk 1 cup chopped raisins Cream shortening, add sugar and beaten egg; add flour, baking powder and spices which have been sifted together; add milk and mix well; mix in raisins which have been slightly floured.
— from New Royal Cook Book by Royal Baking Powder Company

shortening add sugar and beaten egg
Hermits 6 tablespoons shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 1-1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup chopped seeded raisins 2 tablespoons chopped citron Cream shortening; add sugar and beaten egg; mix well; add milk very slowly; sift flour, baking powder, salt and spices together and add slowly; add fruit dredged with flour.
— from New Royal Cook Book by Royal Baking Powder Company

Scuirus and Spermophilus and by extinct
The squirrels by the existing Scuirus and Spermophilus ; and by extinct forms, Lithomys and Aulacodon , in Germany, the latter resembling the African genus Aulacodes .
— from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface by Alfred Russel Wallace

Sin and suchlike are bad enough
Original Sin and suchlike are bad enough.
— from Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Thomas Carlyle

sight and smell all bear eloquent
—They were told that men only seem to die, although touch, hearing, sight and smell all bear eloquent testimony to the contrary.—Rom.
— from Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished Mystery by C. T. (Charles Taze) Russell

Southeast and Southeast and by East
When we had prepared our selues, and had taken our leaues of our friends in Macao, we set saile vpon the foure and twentieth of Iuly, holding our course Southeast, and Southeast and by East, being in the wane of the Moone: for when the Moone increaseth, it is hard holding the course betweene the Ilands, because as then the water and streames run very strong to the Northwest; wee trauailed through many narrowe channels by night, hauing the depth of eight or ten fathom, with soft muddie ground, vntill wee were about the Iland Ilha Branca, yet we saw it not, but by the height we knew that we were past it.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14 America, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

sheet after sheet and burning each
Then without waste of time, he put one of the notes before him, and drawing some writing paper nearer wrote steadily for ten minutes, tearing up sheet after sheet and burning each in turn.
— from The Secret Witness by George Gibbs


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