If it had entered into my plans to make war upon the King of Naples, I should have done it on the entrance of the first Russian in Corfu, but I wish for peace with Naples, with Europe entire, with England even." Napoleon's wishes for peace, except on the condition of having his own way, are scarcely to be taken seriously; but his care to keep things quiet in the South corroborates the other indications of his firm purpose to invade England.
— from The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Do not try to distinguish here between use and abuse: for I should reply to you that from a mystical and supernatural principle, from a principle which embraces everything, which explains everything, which justifies everything, such as the idea of God, all consequences are legitimate, and that the zeal of the believer is the sole judge of their propriety.
— from System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
Wiedereinstellung, Wiedereinsetzung reinstatement Wiedereintritt re-entry wiederholte Folgeausbildung recurrent education Wiederinstandsetzung reconditioning wiederkehrendes Element cyclic element wilder Streik wildcat strike Wildern, Abwerben von Arbeitskräften poaching wirklich, tatsächlich actual wirklich, tatsächlich effective wirksam, erfolgreich effective Wirksamkeit, Effizienz efficiency Wirksamkeit, Leistungsfähigkeit effectiveness Wirkungsgrad effectiveness Wirkungsgrad efficiency factor Wirkungsgrad eines Systems system effectiveness Wirtschaft economy wirtschaftlich economic wirtschaftlich verfahren, sparsam sein to economize wirtschaftliche Aussichten business outlook wirtschaftliche Entwicklung business development wirtschaftliche Entwicklung economic development wirtschaftliche Entwicklung economic process wirtschaftliche Losgröße economic batch size wirtschaftliche Möglichkeiten resources wirtschaftliche Reichtümer resources wirtschaftliche
— from Mr. Honey's Work Study Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
Thus the pedigree of Ida, King of Northumbria, runs as follows:—"Ida was Eopping, Eoppa was Esing, Esa was Inguing, Ingui Angenwiting, Angenwit Alocing, Aloc Benocing, Benoc Branding, Brand Baldæging, Bældæg Wodening."
— from Anglo-Saxon Britain by Grant Allen
'Cordic was Elesing, Elesa was Esling, Esla was Gewising,' and so on.
— from The English Village Community Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition) by Frederic Seebohm
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