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to escape Dangers do in
abundance Counterfeit condolings of pretenders Courageous in death, not because his soul is immortal—Socrates Courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study Crafty humility that springs from presumption Crates did worse, who threw himself into the liberty of poverty Cruelty is the very extreme of all vices Culling out of several books the sentences that best please me Curiosity and of that eager passion for news Curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge “Custom,” replied Plato, “is no little thing” Customs and laws make justice Dangerous man you have deprived of all means to escape Dangers do, in truth, little or nothing hasten our end Dearness is a good sauce to meat Death can, whenever we please, cut short inconveniences Death conduces more to birth and augmentation than to loss Death discharges us of all our obligations Death has us every moment by the throat
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

taxes Erhöhung des Diskontsatzes increase
ergibt sich nicht aus dem Handelsbrauch is not determined by custom Ergonomie ergonomics ergreifen seize Ergreifung; Beschlagnahme seizure Erhalt eines Schreibens receipt of a letter Erhalt von Geld receipt of money erhalten obtain erhalten receive erhalten; empfangen receive erhältlich obtainable Erhaltungswerbung maintenance advertising Erhebung survey Erhebungsgrundlage frame of survey erhoben wegen des Exports levied because of the exportation erhöhen enhance erhöhen raise erhöhen; Erhöhung boost erhöht raised erhöhte Nachfrage increased demand erhöhter Bedarf increased requirements erhöhter Standard raised standard Erhöhung increase Erhöhung mark-up Erhöhung der Dividenden increase of dididends Erhöhung der Gefahren increase of hazards Erhöhung der Kaufkraft increase of purchasing power Erhöhung der Löhne increase of wages Erhöhung der Nachfrage increase in demand Erhöhung der Steuern increase of taxes Erhöhung des Diskontsatzes increase in the bank rate Erhöhung des Diskontsatzes increase in the discount rate Erhöhung des Diskontsatzes raising of the bank rate Erhöhung des Kapitals increase of capital Erhöhung des Verbrauchs increase of consumption Erhöhung des Zinssatzes raising of the rate of interest erholen recover erholen; einholen; sich erholen recover Erholung recovery Erholung recuperation Erholungsgebiet recreation area Erholungszeit relaxation time Erholungszeitzulage relaxation allowance Erholungszuschlag fatigue allowance erinnern remind Erinnerung durch Gedächtnishilfe aided recall Erinnerungsanzeige reminder advertisement Erinnerungsmelodie;
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

that extended deep down into
Out of a hillside toward the upper end of the town, projected a wall of reddish looking quartz-croppings, the exposed comb of a silver-bearing ledge that extended deep down into the earth, of course.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

to embrace dije Dó i
Buscando yo como vos I, like you, searching out a mi aliento empresas grandes, great actions to embrace, dije: ¿Dó iré, ¡vive Dios!, cry ‘Where will I go?
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

they ever dug deeper in
And they ever dug deeper in front of the stem, and in the furrow laid polished rollers; and inclined the ship down upon the first rollers, that so she might glide and be borne on by them.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

Tempo e del Disinganno Italian
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Italian, Rome, 1708).
— from Handel by Edward J. (Edward Joseph) Dent

the evenings do draw in
Can’t you leave a girl be Till the evenings do draw in, Till the leaves be getting thin, p. 19
— from Many Voices: Poems by E. (Edith) Nesbit

the entire day drinking in
I took a car to this wonderful church and spent the entire day drinking in its marvels.
— from From Job to Job around the World by Alfred C. B. (Alfred Charles Benson) Fletcher

that European dogs deteriorate in
There can be no doubt, from the facts given in the first chapter, that European dogs deteriorate in India, not only in their instincts but in structure; but the changes which they undergo are of such a nature, that they may be partly due to reversion to a primitive form, as in the case of feral animals.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

to exercise due diligence in
A neutral government is bound—-(1) to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming or equipping within its jurisdiction of any vessel, which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace, and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use; (2) not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms or the recruitment of men; (3) to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and as to all persons within its jurisdiction to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligation and duties.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

the Engineer Department deeming it
The following month the Savannah orders were countermanded, the Engineer Department deeming it best that he should continue in charge of Fort Knox, and the other works in Maine and New Hampshire.
— from The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume 1 (of 2) by Hazard Stevens


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