Meanwhile, it became standing operating procedure in the U.S. diplomatic establishment to attach some kind of an informational facility to every diplomatic establishment and to most of the major consulates.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

'The English do eternally tell the truth,' he said, 'therefore we of this country are eternally made foolish.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

In those early days even quarrels with one's husband end happily.
— from Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The old men marked and shook the head, To see his hair with silver spread, And winked aside, and told each son Of feats upon the English done, Ere Douglas of the stalwart hand Was exiled from his native land.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Notwithstanding these specious arguments, and these sanguine expectations, it was apparent to every discerning eye, that the Goths would long remain the enemies, and might soon become the conquerors of the Roman empire.
— 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

you don’t regard us chemists as human beings, and disturb our rest even at four o’clock at night, though every dog, every cat, can rest in peace. .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

CENTELLAS Las guerras The wars of the Emperor, del Emperador, a Túnez in Tunis, took me away, me llevaron; mas mi hacienda but my affairs bring me me vuelve a traer a Sevilla; back to Seville again, y, según lo que me cuentan, according to what they say, llego lo más a propósito I’ve here at just the right time para renovar añejas to renew all the old lines amistades.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

A row of small black-lacquered tables extended down each side, and chairs were set for the Japanese as well as the foreigners.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

Bank the bank to which the operation is entschädigen indemnify entschädigen; schadlos halten to indemnify Entschädigung indemnification Entschädigung indemnity Entschädigung bei Grundstücksenteignung just compensation Entschädigungsanspruch claim for compensation Entschädigungsanspruch claim for indemnity Entschädigungsanspruch right of damages Entschädigungsbetrag indemnity sum Entschädigungssumme amount of indemnification Entscheiden; Fällen von Entscheidungen decision making entscheidend decisive entscheidender Punkt crucial point entscheidet sich die Dokumente abzulehnen decides to refuse the documents entscheidet sich die Dokumente aufzunehmen decides to take up the documents Entscheidung decision Entscheidung der Unternehmensleitung management decision Entscheidungsfindung decision making Entscheidungstheorie decision theory entschlüsseln decipher entschlüsseln decode entschlüsseln decypher entschuldigen uns für die Unannehmlichkeiten we apologize for the trouble caused entschuldigte Fehlzeit authorized absence Entschuldigung apology Entschuldigungsschreiben letter of apology
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Orpheus could only charm the wild beasts of Thrace; but Theodosius enchanted the men and women, whose predecessors in the same country had torn Orpheus in pieces, &c.] Notwithstanding these specious arguments, and these sanguine expectations, it was apparent to every discerning eye, that the Goths would long remain the enemies, and might soon become the conquerors of the Roman empire.
— 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

It has no less than eleven domes, each different in shape and color from the others, over as many chapels, with other spires and cupolas.
— from Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia by Oliver Optic

Nothing had changed, except that now there were wires which gave out hissing sparks, electrical instruments invented since the earlier day; except that this man, gently dropping acids into the round white bottle upon a crystal which gave off musty fumes, was bolder, stronger, had more at stake than the other.
— from The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete by Gilbert Parker

I know nothing more strikingly illustrative of the extreme complexity of our modern civilisation than the way in which we thus every day employ articles of exotic manufacture in our ordinary life without ever for a moment suspecting or in 214 quiring into their true nature.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, April 1885 by Various

It came down black, but it sparkled on striking the decks as though every drop exploded in a blaze.
— from An Ocean Tragedy by William Clark Russell

" "And if we get there," exclaimed Dick, eagerly, "we can crash in on the flank of Early.
— from The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

With these is joined a concert of mourning women, who bewail the early dead, extolling her beauty, graces, virtues; while in the intervals, four priests (who are relieved every fourth hour) chant the praises of Buddha, bidding the gentle spirit "Pass on!
— from The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Anna Harriette Leonowens

XXI This was a new and unwonted spell, Which the renowned Atlantes had composed, That in this toil, this pleasing pain, might dwell So long Rogero, by these walls enclosed, From him should pass away the influence fell, — Influence which him to early death exposed.
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

Under their evil dominance, even men of kind disposition will, by seduction, inflict on an innocent girl agony, misery, degradation, and premature death.
— from Youth and Sex: Dangers and Safeguards for Girls and Boys by Frederick Arthur Sibly

The enemy disputed every inch of the ground, making a stand at Chowra, a place three or four miles distant from the camp.
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd