How Sir Turquine was slain, and how Sir Launcelot bade Sir Gaheris deliver all the prisoners.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Then she told the raven how her thread had lost its brightness, how terribly angry the old woman was, and how she feared some great disaster.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

“Oh! he can do it all right, sir; send up the boxes, porter; he could take more than that;” and he helped to haul up a box so heavy that I could feel the springs go down.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Sperrkonto blocked account Sperrung eines Kontos blocking of an account Spesen expense Spesen eingeschlossen charges included Spesenabrechnung account of charges Spesenabrechnung note of expenses Spesenbewilligung expense allowance Spesenkonto expense account Spesenrechnung bill of costs Spesenrechnung bill of expenses Spesenzulage allowance for expenses Spezialarbeiter; Spezialkraft specialized worker Spezialausbildung specialized education Spezialgerät special equipment spezialisiert specialized Spezialisierung specialization Spezialkenntnisse special knowledge Spezialverpackung special packing speziell special spezielle Probleme specific problems Sphäre; Kreis sphere Spiel; Glücksspiel; spielen gamble Spielen gambling Spielen game-playing Spielen gaming Spieler; Spekulant gambler Spielhölle gambling house Spielschuld gambling debt Spielschuld gaming debt Spielschulden gambling debts Spielvertrag wagering contract Spielwarenmesse toy fair Spind; Garderobenschrank locker Spiralheftung spiral binding Spitze der Nachfrage peak of demand Spitzenjahr peak year Spitzenlohn top wage Spitzennachfrage; Spitzenbedarf peak demand Spitzenpapiere blue chips Spitzenverdienst top salary Sponsor sponsor spontan spontaneous spontaner Käufer impulse buyer Spontankauf impulse buying Sportredakteur sports editor Spottpreis knocked-down price Spottpreis; Locopreis spot price Sprachen lernen study languages Sprechanlage intercommunication system Springer spare man Springer stand-by man Spruchband banner Sprung nach vorn jump ahead sprunghafter Anstieg jump sprunghaftes Auf und Ab der Kurse pyrotechnics Spur track Spurweite gauge staatlich unterstützt grant-aided staatlich; Staatsangehöriger national staatliche Fürsorge national assistance staatliche Rentenanleihen consols staatliche Sozialversicherung (Br.)
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

" Cord never shot an arrow from itself That sped away athwart the air so swift, As I beheld a very little boat Come o'er the water tow'rds us at that moment, Under the guidance of a single pilot, Who shouted, "Now art thou arrived, fell soul?" "Phlegyas, Phlegyas, thou criest out in vain For this once," said my Lord; "thou shalt not have us Longer than in the passing of the slough." As he who listens to some great deceit That has been done to him, and then resents it, Such became Phlegyas, in his gathered wrath.
— from Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell by Dante Alighieri

The old woman brought in some great dishes of roast meat, and the robbers enjoyed that thoroughly.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Whence also the charge of her master's daughters was entrusted to her, to which she gave diligent heed, restraining them earnestly, when necessary, with a holy severity, and teaching them with a grave discretion.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

[1866] pale, naked, old, diseased and forsaken, cursing his stars, and ready to strangle himself; having no other company but repentance, sorrow, grief, derision, beggary, and contempt, which are his daily attendants to his life's end.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Then looking up, she met the eyes of Ludwig, fixed upon her with deep emotion as she gazed down at the crown of thorns.
— from On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Wilhelmine von Hillern

His plain hat and clothes were in marked contrast with a somewhat gaily dressed and equipped staff.
— from Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Joseph Warren Keifer

It was in that same eventful year, 1401, of the famous competition between Ghiberti and Brunelleschi, that the new Giotto was born–Tommaso, the son of a notary in Castello San Giovanni di Valdarno.
— from The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner

In future, the governor of a king of France should be of some great dignity, like that of duke and marshal.”
— from Catherine De Medici by Honoré de Balzac

'He is but the tool of the six kings who have put such great despite upon you.
— from King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Henry Gilbert

This is indeed a sensational picture, but I cannot think the author has ever visited the scene he so graphically describes.
— from From Pekin to Calais by Land by Harry De Windt