Once, truly once (nor with mere shadows idle Aonian song and legendary lore Delude mankind), this globe of ours benign And dear and pleasant to our race appeared, And golden was the tenour of our age. — from The Poems of Leopardi by Giacomo Leopardi
and dangers and possible tragedy of reaction
As he spoke these fateful words, he clearly foresaw the difficulties and dangers and possible tragedy of reaction and intrigue that would soon exert themselves in Paris, perhaps to outwit him and if possible to prevent the consummation of the idea that lay so close to his heart: that of setting up a concert of powers that would make for ever impossible a war such as we had just passed through. — from Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Tumulty
and D A pays to or receives
It is Page 148 {148} quite understood that, in the case of a proposition and acceptance, each partner only receives or pays once—that is, suppose A and B are playing against C and D, A pays to or receives from C, and B pays to or receives from D. This proposition is the only joint call, all other phases of the game being individual calls, in which one player, the declaring hand, pits himself against the other three. — from Hoyle's Games Modernized by Professor Hoffmann
and deliberations and put them on record
When the gods were assembled in the Chamber of Fates in Merodach's temple at Babylon, he chronicled their speeches and deliberations and put them on record. — from Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria by Lewis Spence
This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight,
shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?)
spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words.
Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but
it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?