With us the power of the lawgiver is limited and defined; the judicial is regarded as a distinct, independent power; private rights are better understood and more exalted in public estimation, as well as secured by provisions dictated by the spirit of freedom, and unknown to the civil law.
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple

The Duke Joyeuse is dead, in Primont [ Peidmont ], returning from Rome , where M. Mole [ Molé ] who went with the L[ord] Rosse , is taken into the Inquisition, and I see small hope of his recovery, for he had in some translations of Plessis books talked of Babylon and Antichrist.
— from Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne

As to the natural tendency to believe in telepathy, it may be regarded as part of the anthropocentric and egocentric view of the universe and its happenings, and as an exemplification of the persistence of the mystical view of mundane events,—both of which are dominant in primitive philosophy, remain conspicuous wherever superstition still has a hold, flourish in pseudo-science and in esoteric cults, and will probably never become wholly obsolete.
— from Fact and Fable in Psychology by Joseph Jastrow

79 M Y first did my last To make my whole; His day is past, Poor, restless soul!
— from At the Sign of the Sphinx. Second series by Carolyn Wells

But even in limiting himself to the individual human nature as it is developed in particular persons, regarding society only as it is incidental to that, even in putting down his new scientific platform of the good that the appetite and will of man naturally seeks, and in marking out scientifically its degrees and kinds , he gives us an opportunity to perceive in passing, that he is not altogether without occasion for the use of that particular art, with its peculiar 'organs' and 'methods' and 'illustration,' which he recommends under so many heads in his treatise on that subject, for the delivery or tradition of knowledges, which tend to innovation and advancement —knowledge which is 'progressive' and 'foreign from opinions received.'
— from The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Salter Bacon

Preisindex price index Preismechanismus price mechanism Preisniveau price level Preisrückgang price decrease Preissenkung price reduction Preisstabilität price stability Preissteigerung, Preiserhöhung price increase Preisstop price freeze Preissturz, Preisrückgang drop in prices Preissturz, Rückgang der Preise fall in prices Preisüberwachung price control Primarschulwesen, Primarausbildung primary education primärer Wirtschaftssektor primary sector Prinzip der Auswahl, Auswahlprinzip principle of choice Prinzip der friedlichen Koexistenz principle of peaceful coexistence Prinzip, Grundsatz principle Prioritätsgrad degree of priority private Vorbereitungsschule preparatory school privater Sektor, Privatwirtschaft private sector Privatunternehmertum, Privatunternehmen private enterprise Privileg, Vorrecht, Sonderrecht privilege pro Kopf per capita pro Kopf per head Pro-Kopf Einkommen per capita income pro-zyklisch pro-cyclical Probezeit probation Probezeit probationary period Problem, Schwierigkeit, Fragestellung problem problemlösend problem-solving problemorientiert problem-oriented Produkt, Erzeugnis product Produktdifferenzierung product differentiation Produktinnovation product innovation Produktion, Ausbringung output Produktion, Ausstoß, Ertrag production Produktionsablauf production flow Produktionsausfall, Ausfall an Produktion loss of production Produktionsbestgestaltung production engineering Produktionserleichterung facilitation of production Produktionsfaktor factor of production Produktionsfunktion production function Produktionsgebiet area of production Produktionskostenvoranschlag production estimate Produktionskurve production curve Produktionsmittel means of production Produktionspalette, Sortiment range of products Produktionsprämie production bonus Produktionsverfahren method of production Produktionsvorgang, Herstellungsablauf production process Produktionszeit time of production produktive Arbeit productive work produktive Tätigkeiten productive operations Produktivität productivity Produktivität der Arbeit, Effektivität efficiency of labor Produktivität, Rentabilität efficiency Produktivitätsgewinn, Produktivitätszunahme productivity gain Produktivitätswachstum productivity growth Produktivitätszunahme productivity increase Produktmanagement product management Produktzyklus product cycle produzieren, herstellen produce Prognose, Vorausschätzung, Vorhersage forecast Programm, Maßnahme, System scheme Programmablaufdiagramm program flow chart programmierte Unterweisung programmed instruction Programmmanagement program management progressive Einkommensteuer progressive income tax progressiver Leistungslohn accelerating incentive progressiver Leistungslohn steepening incentive Projektmanagement project management Proletariat proletariat Prämie für unfallfreie Arbeit safety award Prämie, Bonus, Gutschein bonus Prämie, Leistungsprämie premium Prämienabrechnungsblatt bonus sheet Prämienabrechnungsbogen bonus sheet Prämienakkordlohn piece rate plus bonuses Prämienlohn, Prämienzahlung premium pay Prämienlohnplan incentive plan Prämienlohnsystem bonus scheme Prämienlohnsystem incentive system Prämiensystem bonus scheme Prämiensystem incentive plan Prämiensystem premium system Prämiensystem production bonus system Prämienverdienstzettel bonus sheet Prämienvereinbarung bonus agreement Prämienzeitlohn time rate plus bonus Proportionalsteuer proportional tax präsentieren, vorstellen present Protektionismus protectionism Präzedenzfall test case Prozentrechnung, Prozentberechnung calculation of percentage Prüfeinrichtungen testing facilities prüfen, untersuchen, kontrollieren inspect Prüfliste check list Prüfliste, Abhakliste, Aufnahmebogen check list Prüfpunkt checkpoint Prüfungsergebnis performance in the examination Prüfungsergebnis, Abschneiden in der Prüfung examination performance Punkt eines Vertrags, Vertragspunkt article of a contract Punktbewertungsverfahren point rating system Punktediagramm scatter diagram Q Qualifikation, Befähigung qualification qualifiziert für eine Stelle qualified for a post qualifizierte Hilfe, qualifizierte Hilfskraft skilled help qualitativ qualitative Qualitätsanforderungen, Niveau standard Qualitätskontrolle quality control Qualitätsprämie quality bonus Quellenabzugsverfahren pay as you earn Querschnitt cross-section Quote quota Quote, Anteil contingent R
— from Mr. Honey's Work Study Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

With fresh good milk, careful boiling, scalding, and cleanliness with regard to the containing vessels, and the means of maintaining the incubating temperature for ten or twelve hours, there is not the slightest difficulty in preparing perfectly reliable soured milk.
— from The Bacillus of Long Life A Manual of the Preparation and Souring of Milk for Dietary Purposes, Together with an Historical Account of the Use of Fermented Milks, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, and Their Wonderful Effect in the Prolonging of Human Existence by Loudon M. Douglas

PATTIES Prepare patty shells as directed in puff paste receipt (page 460 ).
— from The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald