Eve was personated by a pretty young girl known as Dolores Gomez, who, however, was dressed very unlike Eve, for she was covered with a petticoat and spangles.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

One of the maxims which the devil, in a late visit upon earth, left to his disciples, is, when once you are got up, to kick the stool from under you.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

= ¿Cómo ve Ud. el futuro?
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Feeling very unwell, exhausted, and at the same time excited from want of sleep, I reached my destination and put up at the Hotel Valois, where I remained a week, struggling to gain my self-control and to face my strange position.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

[priced in excess of value] unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate; overpriced, more than it's woth.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Marte cadenti Jussisti placido Victor ut essem animo.
— 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

i primi parenti et como haueuamo Lanima in mortalle et molte altre coſe pertinenti ala fede tuti alegri li ſuplicorono voleſſe laſarli dui homini ho aL meno vno acio li amayſtraſſe ne La fede et che li farebẽo grande honnore gli reſpoſe q̃ alhora nõ poteua laſciarli alguno ma ſe vole uão eſſere xp̃iano
— 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

Como lo ve Ud., este procedimiento es el más expeditivo para quien, como Ud.,
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Vertretung im Notfall ohne Ermächtigung agency of necessity Vertretungsprovision agent's commission Vertretungsvereinbarung agency agreement Vertretungsvertrag agency agreement Vertrieb distribution Vertrieb durch ausgewählte Kanäle selective distribution Vertriebsabteilung marketing department Vertriebsabteilung marketing division Vertriebsagentur distributing agency Vertriebsbedingungen conditions of marketing Vertriebsberater marketing consultant Vertriebsbestimmungen marketing regulations Vertriebsdirektor marketing director Vertriebserfahrung marketing know-how Vertriebsfachmann marketing expert Vertriebsgenossenschaft marketing cooperative society Vertriebsgesellschaft marketing company Vertriebskanal channel of distribution Vertriebskapazität selling capacity Vertriebskartell distribution cartel Vertriebskosten cost of distribution Vertriebskosten distribution costs Vertriebskosten distribution expenses Vertriebskosten marketing costs Vertriebskosten selling costs Vertriebskostenanalyse distribution cost analysis Vertriebskostenrechnung distribution cost accounting Vertriebsleiter marketing manager Vertriebsmaschinerie; Absatzorganisation marketing machinery Vertriebsmethode marketing method Vertriebsnetz distribution network Vertriebsorganisation marketing organization vertriebsorientiert; absatzorientiert marketing oriented Vertriebsphilosophie marketing philosophy Vertriebsplan distribution plan Vertriebspolitik; Absatzpolitik marketing policy Vertriebsstelle distribution agency Vertriebsvereinbarung marketing agreement Vertriebsweg chain of distribution Vertriebsweg sales channel veruntreuen embezzle veruntreuen misappropriate veruntreuen; unterschlagen embezzle Veruntreuung embezzlement Veruntreuung misappropriation Veruntreuung; Unterschlagung embezzlement verursacht durch die Entwicklung des Handels caused by the progress of trade verursacht durch die Umstellung caused by the revolution Vervielfacher multiplier vervielfältigen xerox Vervielfältigungsapparat duplicating machine Vervielfältigungsverfahren duplicating process Vervollkommnung; Verbesserung perfectioning Vervollständigung completion Verwahrung keeping Verwahrung safe custody Verwahrungsvertrag contract of safe custody Verwahrungsvertrag; Aufbewahrungsvertrag deposit contract verwalten administer Verwalter administrator Verwaltung administration Verwaltung von Wertpapieren management of securities Verwaltungsabkommen administrative agreement Verwaltungsausgaben administration expenses Verwaltungsbezirk administrative district Verwaltungsbürokratie red tape Verwaltungsgebäude administrative building Verwaltungskosten administration costs Verwaltungskosten administrative costs Verwaltungskosten administrative expenses Verwaltungskosten cost of administration Verwaltungspersonal administrative personnel Verwaltungsrat board of administration Verwaltungsrat board of directors verwaltungstechnisch administrative verwandeln nicht do not convert verwandt akin verwandt kin Verwandter ersten Grades first-grade relative Verwandter zweiten Grades second-grade relative Verwässerung des Aktienkapitals
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

At this moment Don Silva returned to the hall; and thus seeing that Elvira still loved the proscribed bandit, his jealousy was roused again, and he vowed vengeance upon Ernani.
— from Stories from the Operas by Gladys Davidson

The books on Boehme which I have found most suggestive and helpful are the following: Franz von Baader's "Vorlesungen und Erläuterungen über J. Böhme's Lehre," Werke (Leipzig, 1852), vol. iii.
— from Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew) Jones

On all occasions of vehement, unrestrained expansion, a sense of disdain or ridicule comes to the weary spectator's relief; whereas I have ever felt most burdensome that sort of sensibility which bends of its own will, a giant slave under the sway of good sense.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

I regret very much my not having met with Mr. Brunel, who is likewise the inventor of the block-machine at Portsmouth, and other very useful engines.
— from Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826. v. 1-2 by Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard

[Pg 276] idcirco opus est ut Agentes adversus dicta Animalia excommunicatione utantur sed via usitata et ordinaria et præsertim ut dictum est quod dicta Animalia jus naturæ sequantur quod quidem jus nusquam immitatum ( sic ) reperitur nam jus divinum et naturale pro eodem sumuntur.
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans

It was vastly unlike either Emporia or Wichita, or anything in Kansas, or anything in America; or so far as that goes, to Henry and me, it was unlike anything else in the wide and beautiful world.
— from The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by William Allen White

The Restoration of 1814-Norway-Naples-Westphalia-Spain-The Spanish Constitution overthrown: Victory of the Clergy-Restoration in France-The Charta-Encroachments of the Nobles and Clergy-Growing Hostility to the Bourbons-Congress of Vienna-Talleyrand and the Four Powers-The Polish Question-The Saxon Question-Theory of Legitimacy-Secret Alliance against Russia and Prussia-Compromise-The Rhenish Provinces-Napoleon leaves Elba and lands in France-His Declarations-Napoleon at Grenoble, at Lyon, at Paris-The Congress of Vienna unites Europe against France-Murat's Action in Italy-The Acte Additionnel-The Champ de Mai-Napoleon takes up the offensive-Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, Waterloo-Affairs at Paris-Napoleon sent to St. Helena-Wellington and Fouché-Arguments on the proposed Cession of French Territory-Treaty of Holy Alliance-Second Treaty of Paris-Conclusion of the Work of the Congress of Vienna- Federation of Germany-Estimate of the Congress of Vienna and of the Treaties of 1815-The Slave Trade.
— from A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe

that they may be employed in a variety of cases, in which the usual artillery, from the nature of the ground, or other impediments, cannot be rendered effective; and that, in several bombardments, in consequence of their trifling reaction, they may be thrown from cutters and small boats, and, therefore, from points, which could never be approached by the vessels, usually employed in that service.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush