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account reckoning PP acompte
Acounte , sb. account, reckoning, PP; acompte , PP; accompt , S3; accomptes , pl. , S3.—AF. acounte , acunte .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

at Resht published a
[From the Third Edition.] While the second Edition of this version of Omar was preparing, Monsieur Nicolas, French Consul at Resht, published a very careful and very good Edition of the Text, from a lithograph copy at Teheran, comprising 464 Rubaiyat, with translation and notes of his own.
— from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

and real power and
Some historians—those biographical and specialist historians already referred to—in their simplicity failing to understand the question of the meaning of power, seem to consider that the collective will of the people is unconditionally transferred to historical persons, and therefore when describing some single state they assume that particular power to be the one absolute and real power, and that any other force opposing this is not a power but a violation of power—mere violence.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

as rightly placed and
Sancho regarded Don Quixote earnestly while he was giving him this rating, and was so touched by remorse that the tears came to his eyes, and in a piteous and broken voice he said to him, "Master mine, I confess that, to be a complete ass, all I want is a tail; if your worship will only fix one on to me, I'll look on it as rightly placed, and I'll serve you as an ass all the remaining days of my life.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

and rather plumper as
And my good master, at last, (he fixed his eye upon a fine drab, which he thought looked the plainest,) would help him to try the coat and waistcoat on himself; and, indeed, one would not have thought it, because my master is taller, and rather plumper, as I thought but, as I saw afterwards, they fitted him very well.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

any real power and
Socrates denies that they have any real power, and hence arise the three paradoxes already mentioned.
— from Gorgias by Plato

as relation plurality and
There is "likeness" as well as "relation, plurality, and difference."
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

a real personality and
But since at this period, the individual did not yet have a real personality, and was regarded only as a part of his group, or clan, it was the clan as a whole, and not the individual, which collectively contracted this relationship.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

aliquid rogaturus propius accessit
(6) The Death of Caesar, 44 B.C. Assidentem conspirati specie officii circumsteterunt; ilicoque Cimber Tillius, qui primas partes susceperat, quasi aliquid rogaturus propius accessit, renuentique et gestu in aliud tempus differenti ab utroque umero togam apprehendit; deinde clamantem: 5 Ista quidem vis est , alter e Cascis aversum vulnerat, paulum infra iugulum.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

a respectable Parchedig a
Cylion paradwys, Spanish flies Paraeth, n. a causation, a cause Paraol, a. continuing, lasting Parâu, v. to persevere; to last Parâus, a. constant, of long continuance Parc, n. an enclosure; a park Parciad, n. an enclosing Parcio, v. to enclose, to hedge in Parch, n. respect, reverence Parchadwy, a. respectable Parchedig, a. respected; reverend Parchedigaeth, n. a of showing respect Parchlawn, a. respectful Parchlonder, n. respectfulness Parchu, v. to respect, to revere, to have regard for Parchus, a. respectful; respectable Parchusedd, n. respectableness Parddu, n. fire-black, smut Pardduo, v. to smut, to grow smutty Pared, n. a partition wall Paredlys, n. pellitory of the wall Parfaes, n. epithet for a shield Parfyg, n. the herb henbane Pari, n. a string, a drove, a flock Pariad, n. a causing; a bidding Parlas, n. a green plat of ground Parlawr, n. a parlour Parliant, n. interlocution Parod, ready, prepared; promp Parodi, v. to make ready, to prepare Parodiad, n. a preparing Parodol, a. preparatory, preparing Parodoldeb, Parodrwydd, Parodedd, n. preparedness, readiness Parol, a. causing, creative Parotoëdd, n. preparedness Parotöi, v. to prepare, to get ready Parotöol, a. preparatory, preparing Parsel, n. what is aimed at, a butt Parth, n. a part; a division Parthadwy, a. discriminable Parthed, n. a division Parthedig, a. divided, severed Parthedigaeth, n. discrimination Parthedigol, a. discriminative Parthedd, n. a divided state Parthgymeriad, n. a participle Parthiad, n. a dividing, a parting Parthiannol,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

a rather perplexed appearance
After orientation questions she might say "This is—this is—this is——" all this, together with a rather perplexed appearance, gave the impression of considerable bewilderment, but at no time did she complain of autopsychic perplexity.
— from Benign Stupors: A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by August Hoch

a remote period and
Herodotus tells us that both the Phoenicians themselves, and the Persians best acquainted with history and antiquities, agreed in stating that the original settlements of the Phoenician people were upon the Erythræan Sea (Persian Gulf), and that they had migrated from that quarter at a remote period, and transferred their abode to the shores of the Mediterranean.
— from History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson

all rigid predestinarians as
It is well known, that that large fraternity among the Papists called Dominicans, were all rigid predestinarians, as well as those called Jansenists.
— from A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism by Thomas Taylor

and rob political action
The allurements of an immense number of offices and places exhibited to the voters of the land, and the promise of their bestowal in recognition of partisan activity, debauch the suffrage and rob political action of its thoughtful and deliberative character.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Grover Cleveland

a rule previously adopted
The impeachers were stunned, and before they could collect their thoughts, the Chief Justice, in pursuance of a rule previously adopted, directed that the vote should now be taken on the first article.
— from The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

and rice porridge and
There were sausages and ale and fish and cakes and rice porridge and all sorts of good things.
— from Wonder Tales from Many Lands by Katharine Pyle


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