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be public property very

In the event of Mrs. Inglethorp’s death, who would inherit her money?” The lawyer hesitated a moment, and then replied: “The knowledge will be public property very soon, so if Mr. Cavendish does not object——” “Not at all,” interpolated John.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

bastard pellitory Poeri v

if, by how much Pob, a. each, every Pôb, n. a bake: a. baked Poban, n. an oven; a roaster Pobedig, baked, roasted, toasted Pobi, v. to bake to roast Pobiant, n. a baking, a batch Pobl, n. people Poblach, n. low people, mob Pobli, v. to people, to colonise Pobliad, n. a peopling Poblog, a. peopled, populous Poblogaeth, n. populousness Poblugi, v. to make populous Pobty, n. a bakehouse Poburies, n. a baking woman Pobydd, n. a baker Pobyddiaeth, n. art of baking Podi, v. to take in, to comprehend Poen, n. pain, torment, agony Poenedigaeth, n. a tormenting Poeni, v. to pain, to suffer pain Poeniad, n. a paining, a tormenting Poenol, a. tormenting, paining Poenus, a. painful; toiling Poer, n. spittle, saliva Poerai, n. bastard pellitory Poeri, v. to spit, to espectorate Poeriad, n. a spitting Poeriant, n. a salivation Poerol, a. spitting, salivarous Poeryn, n. a spitter; a sycophant Poes, n. state of being Poesi, v. to be existing Poeth, a. hot, scorching, fiery Poethder, n. hotness, heat Poethi, v. to heat; to be heated Poethiad, Poethiant, n. a heating Poethni, n. hotness, heat Poethol, a. heating, burning Poethwg, n. torridity, aridity: n. the razorbill Poethwyn, n. burning passion Polio, v. to fix a pole Polion, n. stakes, poles Polioni, v. to set poles Ponar, n. a puff: a pod Ponc, n. a hillock, a tump Poncen, n. a small hillock Ponciad, n. a swelling up Poncio, v. to swell, to puff Poncyn, n. a small hillock Pond, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

BH pagan priestess vestal

nunne f. ‘ nun ,’ Æ, BH : pagan priestess, vestal , AO .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

be planned para vistas

Y aunque me tenga por necio, And even if I’m considered a born quiero entrar: que con don Juan fool I’ll go in, for with Don Juan las precauciones no están one’s defence must be planned para vistas con desprecio.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

being per Pg v

He has for a long time felt the need of a book that would, above all else, be practical in its description of the rules that an adjuster follows and which would prove its value in actual experience by being per [Pg v] sonal as far as permissible in the same sense that detailed shop instruction would be.
— from Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches by Walter J. (Walter John) Kleinlein

But perhaps philosophy views

But perhaps philosophy views things from too lofty a standpoint, and is not sufficiently practical; perhaps from the exalted summit of speculation men seem so small to the metaphysician that he cannot distinguish between them; perhaps, indeed, the equality of conditions is one of those principles which are very true and sublime as generalities, but which it would be ridiculous and even dangerous to attempt to rigorously apply to the customs of life and to social transactions.
— from What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

by Pope Pius V

The application had already been made by Pope Pius V. after the battle of Lepanto, in which Don John of Austria defeated the Sultan Selim.
— from Historical Parallels, vol. 2 of 3) by Arthur Thomas Malkin

by Peridermium Pini var

To the left is a small branch, killed at a a a by Peridermium Pini (var.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various

by photographs per volume

[440] FAMOUS LEADERS SERIES Each one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, illustrated by photographs, per volume $2.00 BY CHARLES H. L. JOHNSTON
— from Famous Discoverers and Explores of America Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a New World by Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Johnston

by Praetorian Praefect vi

Curiales, condition of, ii. 18 ; conflict between Curial and Ecclesiastical obligations, ii. 18 ; have to make good the Senators' deficiencies in payment of taxes, ii. 24 ; 'sordid burdens' = Curial obligations (?), ii. 28 ; of Aestunae, iii. 9 ; penalty on Jovinus for killing a fellow-curial, iii. 47 ; might be punished with stripes by Praetorian Praefect, vi. 3 ; oppression of, forbidden by Edictum Athalarici, ix.
— from The Letters of Cassiodorus Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Senator Cassiodorus

be purely prophetic v2

Christianity almost from its commencement ceased to be purely prophetic {v2-091} and creative.
— from The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

by Pope Paul V

About ten days later, on March 5, 1616, the Congregation of the Index, moved thereto, as we have seen, and as the letters and documents now brought to light show, by Pope Paul V., solemnly rendered their decree: that the doctrine of the double movement of the earth about its axis and about the sun is false and entirely contrary
— from The Warfare of Science by Andrew Dickson White

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