The romance with which, dipping our pencils in the rainbow hues of sky and transcendent nature, we to a degree gratuitously endow the Italians, replaced the solemn grandeur of antiquity.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

An ven he was buried, dis nigger ask fur dem ole trousers, an dey gub 'em to me."
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

Absatzgebiet sales area Absatzgebiet trading area Absatzgebiet; Ansatzkanal outlet Absatzkontingent market quota Absatzkontrolle; Verkaufskontrolle sales control Absatzlehre; Vertrieb marketing Absatzmethode marketing approach Absatzmöglichkeiten marketing opportunities Absatzplanung sales planning Absatzpotential market potential Absatzschwierigkeiten marketing difficulties Absatzschwierigkeiten sales difficulties Absatzverhältnisse; Marktsituation selling conditions Absatzweg distribution channel Absatzwege channels of distribution Absatzwege marketing channels Absatzwege sales channels Absatzwirtschaft distributive trade Absatzzahlen; Erfolgszahlen sales figures abschaffen abolish Abschaffung der Sklaverei abolition of slave work Abschaffung der Zölle elimination of customs duties Abschaffung der Zollschranken abolition of tariff walls Abschaffung des Privateigentums abolition of private property Abschaffung des Sklavenhandels abolition of slave trade Abschaffung von Beschränkungen abolition of restrictions abschalten switch off Abschätzen der Geschwindigkeit speed rating abschätzen; bewerten rate sth Abschätzung der Umsätze sales estimate Abschätzung des Schadens estimate of damages Abschätzung des Schadens loss assessment abschlägige Antwort negative answer Abschlagsdividende interim dividend abschließend mit; eben; auf gleicher Ebene flush with abschließender Satz closing paragraph Abschluß der Bücher closing of accounts Abschluß der Bücher closing of books Abschluss einer Vereinbarung conclusion of an agreement Abschluss eines Geschäfts conclusion of a deal Abschluss eines Vertrags; Vertragsabschluß conclusion of a contract Abschluss von Deckungsgeschäften hedging Abschlußkonten final accounts Abschnitt counterfoil Abschnitt coupon Abschnitt; Bereich sector Abschöpfung der Kaufkraft absorption of buying power abschreckend hoher Zoll prohibitive tariff abschreiben depreciate abschreiben write off abschreiben; abwerten depreciate Abschreibung depreciation Abschreibung write-off Abschreibung; Abwertung depreciation Abschreibungsbetrag amount of depreciation Abschreibungsformel depreciation formula Abschreibungskonto depreciation account Abschreibungssatz depreciation rate Abschreibungssatz rate of depreciation Abschwächung easing Abschwächung weaker tendency Abschwächung der Geldsätze easing in money rates absenden; abfertigen; Abfertigung dispatch Absender consignor Absender sender absetzbare Ware; gängige Ware marketable goods absichern ensure absichern hedge absichern gegen to safeguard against absichern gegen
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

“The artillery did great execution; but our musketry did not at first seem to kill many men, though it brought down a large number of horses, and created indescribable confusion.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

Or rather, who makes the monogrammatic signet Sahi (‘correct’) to all deeds, grants, etc. 13 .
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Phr. amici probantur rebus adversis[Lat]; ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne Freund[Ger]; "best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness" [G. Eliot]; conocidos muchos amigos pocos[Sp]; "friend more divine than all divinities" [G. Eliot]; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo[Sp].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

If you go to a doctor good enough to find a gadget that small, what is he?
— from Tangle Hold by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace

4. Are such expressions as, "the then ministry," "the above discourse," good English, or bad—well authorized, or not?
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

This enterprise, which to the Abbe de Grancey even would have seemed the climax of the impossible, was a mere passing thought.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Then, while Mrs. MacCall took charge of Tess and Dot, giving exclamations of delight at the flowers, even while comparing them with her Highland heather, Agnes and Ruth told Neale what had happened—the swift-departure of the motor boat and its two occupants.
— from The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered by Grace Brooks Hill

I believe that a dozen good European soldiers would put to flight more than a hundred Chinese.
— from A Woman's Journey Round the World From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia and Asia Minor by Ida Pfeiffer