Mahinumdum ka lang sa Diyus panahun sa kalisud, You remember God only in times of hardship.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
At last he sat down, put his elbows on the table, leaned his head on his hands and pronounced this strange sentence: “If it's not Dmitri, but Smerdyakov who's the murderer, I share his guilt, for I put him up to it.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
If I say date , [Pg 575] he will, if a fruit-merchant or an Arabian traveller, think of the produce of the palm; if an habitual student of history, figures with a.d. or b.c. before them will rise in his mind.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
Vegetables and fruit:— Dioscorea (yams); pith and fruit of Phœnix sylvestris (date palm); fruit kernel of Cycas circinalis , eaten after thorough soaking in water; and fruits of Eugenia alternifolia and Jambolana (black plum), Carissa Carandas and spinarum , Buchanania acuminata , and Mimusops hexandra .
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
Exchequer Schatzkanzler (Br.); Finanzminister Chancellor of the Exchequer Schatzmeister treasurer Schatzschein treasury note Schätzung des Wertes appraisal Schätzwert estimated value Schaufenster display window Schaufensterplakat display poster Schaufensterpuppe dummy Schaufensterständer bracket Schaufensterwerbung shop window advertising Schaumaterial; Werbematerial display material Schaupackung dummy pack Scheck cheque Scheck (US) check Scheckbuch cheque book Scheckbuch (US) checkbook Scheckformblatt cheque form Scheckinhaber holder of a cheque Scheckkarte cheque card Scheckkonto cheque account Scheckschutzvorrichtung cheque protection device Scheckschutzvorrichtung device for protection of cheques Scheckverkehr cheque transactions Scheidemünze token coin Scheidemünze; Münze token coin Schein; Zettel ticket Scheinauktion mock auction scheinbarer Eigentümer reputed owner scheinbarer Wert apparent value scheinbares Eigentum reputed ownership scheinen der Auflistung zu entsprechen appear to be as listed scheinen zu sein appear to be scheinen; erscheinen appear Scheingeschäft simulated transaction Scheingewinn sham profit Scheinkauf fictitious purchase Scheinunternehmen; Scheinfirma dummy concern Scheinvertrag sham contract Schema; Plan; System scheme schematische Aufstellung der Organisation organization chart Schenkung donation Schenkungssteuer gift tax Schenkungsurkunde deed of donation Schenkungsurkunde deed of gift Schicht shift Schicht; umschalten auf Großbuchstaben shift Schichtarbeit shift work Schichtarbeiter shifter Schichtwechsel shift changeover schieben; treiben; Schub push Schiebung jobbery
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
The bishop, or some distinguished presbyter, to whom he cautiously delegated the powers of preaching, harangued, without the danger of interruption or reply, a submissive multitude, whose minds had been prepared and subdued by the awful ceremonies of religion.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
“Patience!” resumed Mahiette, “you will see one child.—In ‘66, ‘twill be sixteen years ago this month, at Sainte-Paule’s day, Paquette was brought to bed of a little girl.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
Arkady glanced at Bazarov's "old pupil," and saw that he had small, dull, pleasant, nervous features; also that his narrow, sunken eyes expressed a great restlessness, and that his lips were parted in a perpetual smile of a wooden and ingratiating order.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
, S. Dimnes , sb. dimness, S2. Dinnen , v. to din, MD; dunien , MD; denie , S; dinede , pt. s. , MD; donyd , MD; dynnit , MD.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
She looked up at him with plaintive eyes; then, sighing deeply, pressed her face against his arm.
— from The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
Of these latter years on the farm we can gather some distinctly pleasant impressions.
— from Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Frederick Marryat
The Swede deliberately put a kettle on the stove and whistled indifferently.
— from Lightnin' After the Play of the Same Name by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon by Frank Bacon
They were settling down properly into their place in the scheme of things.
— from One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick
[2] Keep up your spirits, dear parents; all’s well that ends well.
— from A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by T. (Timothy) Gowing
"Sit down, poet," said Beppo.
— from Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Hewlett
“No,” said Dick, positively; “we must stay here till they come.
— from Dick and Dolly by Carolyn Wells
Some days passed before he was introduced to the sheikh.
— from Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston
I always stood in the same spot in the blacksmith shop, darkly pondering as to how to begin, and never once did I know how, although I fully realized that the affairs of the world could not be resumed until at least one wheel should be made and something started.
— from Twenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical Notes by Jane Addams
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