It is a study, a very profound study of moral development in one character and of moral degeneracy in another.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Queſti populi vzanno queſto ꝓche ſonno de debille natura anno Quante moglie voleno ma vna principalle Se vno deli nr̃i andaua in tera coſi dedi Como de nocte ogni uno Lo Conuitaua que mangiaſſe et
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Here a precipitous ledge of granite arose to a height of some ninety feet; and, as I have mentioned, the valley at this point was not more than fifty feet wide; but as the visiter proceeded southwardly from the cliff, he found on his right hand and on his left, declivities at once less high, less precipitous, and less rocky.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Violent passions seldom last long, and those of women least of any.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

'No, ma'amselle,' said Annette, 'it was only the echo of a door shutting; sound runs along these vaulted passages so, that one is continually deceived by it; if one does but speak, or cough, it makes a noise as loud as a cannon.'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

There fermented in that sublimated brain plans so vast, projects so tumultuous, that there remained no room for any capricious or material love--that sentiment which is fed by leisure and grows with corruption.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Non una melancholiae causa est, nec unus humor vitii parens, sed plures, et alius aliter mutatus, unde non omnes eadem sentiunt symptomata.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

I smiled at memories of the vanished palace; surely no simple yogi had ever received initiation into the august mysteries of Spirit amidst surroundings of more impressive luxury!
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Ware prohibited goods verbotener Handel illicit trade Verbrauch consumption verbrauchen; konsumieren consume Verbraucher consumer Verbraucheranalyse consumer analysis Verbraucherbefriedigung consumer satisfaction Verbraucherberatung consumer counselling Verbrauchereinkommen consumer income Verbraucherforschung consumer research Verbrauchergenossenschaft consumers cooperative society Verbraucherkredit consumer credit Verbraucherpreisindex consumer price index Verbraucherschaft consuming public Verbraucherschutz consumer protection Verbraucherstudien consumer studies Verbrauchsgewohnheiten consumption habits Verbrauchsgüter consumer goods Verbrauchsgüter convenience goods Verbrauchsgüter expendable goods Verbrauchsgüterindustrie consumer goods industry Verbrauchsgüterindustrie consumer industry Verbrauchsrate rate of consumption Verbrauchssteuer consumption tax Verbrauchssteuer excise Verbrauchssteuer excise tax Verbrauchssteuern excise duties Verbrechen felony Verbrecher felon verbrecherisch felonious Verbreiterung der Produktion; Ausweitung diversification of production Verbreiterung des kombinierten Transports the extension of combined transport verbreitete Ansicht popular belief Verbriefung; schriftliche Bestätigung confirmation in writing verbuchen enter in the books Verbuchung booking verbunden joint verbündet allied Verbundpackung combipack verdammen condemn Verderb deterioration verderblich perishable verderbliche Güter perishable products verderbliche Ware perishables verdienen earn verdienen; einbringen earn Verdiener earner Verdienst gainings Verdienst des einzelnen Arbeiters individual earnings Verdienst nach Abzug von Steuern after-tax earnings Verdienst nach Leistungssatz earned rate Verdienstabrechnungsblatt earnings sheet Verdienstabrechnungsbogen earnings sheet Verdienstausfall loss of earnings Verdienstkurve earnings curve Verdienstkurve wage curve Verdienstspanne margin of profit Verdienstspanne des Jobbers the jobber's turn Verdienstspanne des Jobbers turn of the jobber verdrehen; Rechtsverdrehung tort Veredelung finishing Veredelungsverfahren finishing process vereidigt sworn vereinbaren agree vereinbaren stipulate vereinbarter Preis agreed price Vereinbarung agreement Vereinbarung mit der Gewerkschaft joint agreement Vereinbarung mit der Gewerkschaft union agreement Vereinbarungen für die Kreditaufnahme borrowing arrangements Vereinbarungen zur Preisbindung zweiter Hand price maintenance agreements vereinfacht simplified vereinfachte Praxis simplified practices Vereinfachung simplification vereinigen unite vereinigen; konsolidieren consolidate vereinigte Resourcen combined resources Vereinigung union Vereinigung; Verband; Gewerkschaft union Vereinte Nationen United Nations vereiteln; verhindern frustrate Vereitelung der Vertragserfüllung frustration of contract Vereitelung; Verhinderung frustration vererben bequeath vererben bequest Verfahren procedure Verfahren technique Verfahren der Anheuerung hiring procedure Verfahren mit intensivem Computer-Einsatz computer-intensive technology Verfahrenszulage process allowance Verfahrenszuschlag controlled cycle allowance Verfall expiration Verfall expiry Verfall des Grundstücks an den Gläubiger foreclosure Verfall einer Nachlassverbindlichkeit lapse of legacy Verfall eines Patents forfeiture of a patent Verfalldatum expiry date verfallen expired verfallen forfeit verfallen; abgelaufen expired verfallen; ungültig werden; auslaufen expire verfallene
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Quacunque libido est Incedo solus, percontor quanti holus ac far, Fallacem circum vespertinumque pererro Saepe forum, adsisto divinis.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

For instance, nothing that I have said is inconsistent with the view that Truthspeaking is only valuable as a means to the preservation of society: only if it be admitted that it is valuable on this ground I should say that it is implied that the preservation of society—or some further end to which this preservation, again, [36] is a means—must be valuable per se , and therefore something at which a rational being, as such, ought to aim.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Morning found us on a vast plain, set with yellow-berried jujube-bushes and low scrub.
— from The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad by Edward John Thompson

The lady sat down, yawned wearily, and when there came a lull in the gentleman's verbal pyrotechnics, she would ask him if he had anything more to say.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Elbert Hubbard

Meanwhile Grünthler had been but very partially successful in the objects of his journey.
— from A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 2 (of 2) by Thomas Adolphus Trollope

A banana garden in full bearing is a very pretty sight, the thousands of plants, each with their one or more bunches of fruit, as, where there are several stems it is not at all uncommon to find two or more bunches of fruit in different states of development on the same plant, forming a mass of vegetation that must be seen to be appreciated.
— from Fruits of Queensland by Albert H. Benson

It was a strange and very pleasant sight to see the chase that day.
— from The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555) by Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century

But in a little times begins to tire, The Lady soon the difference can find, And truly very plainly speaks her Mind, She twits him of the good departed Man, Whose like, she says, She ne'er shall see again, He never left me in a Morning so, But took a parting Kiss before he'd go; And get me some Good Thing for Breakfast too:
— from The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses from Men by Various

Romania chief of state: President Traian BASESCU (since 20 December 2004); note - President Traian BASESCU was suspended by vote of parliament on 19 April 2007, but resumed his duties on 23 May 2007 after a popular referendum confirmed that his impeachment should not stand head of government: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-TARICEANU (since 29 December 2004) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 28 November 2004 with runoff between the top two candidates held 12 December 2004 (next to be held in November-December 2009); prime minister appointed by the president with the consent of the Parliament election results: percent of vote - Traian BASESCU 51.23%, Adrian NASTASE 48.77% Russia chief of state: President Dmitriy Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV (since 7 May 2008) head of government: Premier Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 8 May 2008); First Deputy Premiers Igor Ivanovich SHUVALOV and Viktor Alekseyevich ZUBKOV (since 12 May 2008); Deputy Premiers Sergey Borisovich IVANOV (since 12 May 2008), Dmitriy Nikolayevich KOZAK (since 14 October 2008), Aleksey Leonidovich KUDRIN (since 24 September 2007), Igor Ivanovich SECHIN (since 12 May 2008), Sergey Semenovich SOBYANIN (since 12 May 2008), Aleksandr Dmitriyevich ZHUKOV (since 9 March 2004), and Dmitry Nikolayevich KOZAK (since 14 October 2008)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency