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ciel per padre

Pero`, se l'avversario d'ogne male cortese i fu, pensando l'alto effetto ch'uscir dovea di lui e 'l chi e 'l quale, non pare indegno ad omo d'intelletto; ch'e' fu de l'alma Roma e di suo impero ne l'empireo ciel per padre eletto: la quale e 'l quale, a voler dir lo vero, fu stabilita per lo loco santo u' siede il successor del maggior Piero.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

clothes particularly percale

Whoever deals with such optical illusions may see very remarkable ones in almost every sample of ladies’ clothes, particularly percale, and also in types of carpets and furniture.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

chité passant Pour

jour en un tenant, Tout chiaus c'on encontroit par la chité passant, Pour tenir compaingnie leur ségnor soffisant.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

covenant pr p

Conand , sb. covenant, B; Connand , B; Cunnand , B.—OF. convenant , agreeing, befitting, also, a covenant, pr. p. of convenir ; Lat. convenire .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

com pressed prior

It was scanned using Xerox software and equipment at 600 dots per inch resolution and com- pressed prior to storage using CCITT Group 4 compression.
— from The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid by John Casey

conserve preserve perpetuate

ANT: Restore, repair, conserve, preserve, perpetuate, protect, husband, economize, utilize, hoard, treasure, accumulate, enrich, flourish, luxuriate, multiply, augment, develop.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

confident preposterous plutocrat

I have tried to make you picture him, time after time, as the young man of the Wimblehurst chemist’s shop, as the shabby assistant in Tottenham Court Road, as the adventurer of the early days of Tono-Bungay, as the confident, preposterous plutocrat.
— from Tono-Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

church perhaps planted

The vessel paused for a week at Tyre to unlade its burden, and here Paul found a church, perhaps planted by Philip the evangelist.
— from Bible Atlas: A Manual of Biblical Geography and History by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

citrus potatoes pharmaceuticals

Exports - commodities: citrus, potatoes, pharmaceuticals, cement, and clothing Exports - partners: Greece 20.1%, UK 10.8%, Germany 6% (2008)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

CONTENTS PREFACE PRIESTLY

CONTENTS PREFACE PRIESTLY ARCHAEOLOGY .....
— from In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr

cases personal properties

If we should go back and begin at the beginning we should find our American railroads in their beginnings small individual units, in many cases personal properties, like a store or a bank or a factory, and seldom correlated.
— from Our Railroads To-Morrow by Edward Hungerford

commercial purpose please

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— from The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh

chairman Political pressure

[Valentinas STUNDYS, chairman]; Lithuanian People's Union for a Fair Lithuania [Julius VESELKA, chairman]; Lithuanian Social Democratic Party [Algirdas BRAZAUSKAS, chairman]; Social Liberal/New Union [Arturas PAULAUSKAS, chairman]; Social Union of Christian Conservatives [Gediminas VAGNORIUS, chairman]; Young Lithuania and New Nationalists [Stanislovas BUSKEVICIUS, chairman] Political pressure groups and leaders: NA International organization participation: ACCT (observer), Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CE, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (associate partner), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Kornelija JURGAITIENE chancery: 4590 MacArthur Blvd.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

calmly proposed plans

Gonzalos’ only hope and consolation was that Almah and her child had escaped; and to see her in the very centre of danger, even to listen to her calmly proposed plans, seemed so like madness, that he used every effort to alarm her into their relinquishment.
— from Home Scenes and Heart Studies by Grace Aguilar

crushed poor Paris

He walked all round the lovers, pantomiming rage and jealousy in the accredited ballet style, and then, suddenly approaching, crushed poor Paris's great black hat down over his eyes.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

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