"bippus" hidden in books

be in perfect peace until she

For Jerusalem will never be in perfect peace until she be in heaven; and there is nothing that Christ doth more desire than to have her there.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan

board in propriâ personâ under some

A Maltese, who slept in the other berth near me, sneezed nine times in as many minutes; and, after each sternutation, he went through a short formula of prayer, beginning ‘Santo Something,’ to keep the devil to leeward, I suppose; and, egad, I think he must have been on board in propriâ personâ , under some disguise, to have caused us so bad a passage.
— from Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by W. G. Windham

Britannia inopia proprii publico usi sunt

Tres autem ex Britannia inopia proprii, publico usi sunt, cum oblatum a ceteris collationem respuissent; sanctius putantes, fescum gravare, quam singulos" (Lib. ji,, p. 401).
— from Boulogne-Sur-Mer St. Patrick's Native Town by William Fleming

But if poor Pussy understood she

But if poor Pussy understood, she'd be, indeed, a naughty creature! '
— from The Hosts of the Lord by Flora Annie Webster Steel

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?

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