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different problems presented
What different problems presented themselves to each concerning the invisible audible collateral organ of the other?
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

del paño pardo
—Me llamo Pedro Lucas—respondió el del paño pardo, 5 repitiendo la intención de quitarse el sombrero; pero me llaman el tío Licurgo. ¿
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

de pages perso
Ni s'il faut le dompter d'ailleurs… En tout cas, les créateurs, artistes, musiciens, les sites scientifiques, les petites "start-up" créatives, voire les millions de pages perso, les chats, les forums, et tout ce qui donne au net sa matière propre ne pourra être ignoré par les grands mangeurs de toile.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

dyetis pl PP
Diete , sb. diet, food, MD, C; dyetis , pl. , PP.—OF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

dīrumpātis Pl Poen
cave dīrumpātis , Pl. Poen.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

D Pepe Poquita
—Y eso lo ha de hacer un solo hombre—dijo Ramos con desprecio volviendo a sentarse.—Eso lo ha de hacer 10 D. Pepe Poquita Cosa con sus matemáticas.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

doting parson preached
An old doting parson preached.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

dâns pres part
The only forms of dô that have a long are dâs (pres. indic.), dâ (pres. imv.), and dâns (pres. part.).
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

demolished poor Partridge
Though the captain had effectually demolished poor Partridge, yet had he not reaped the harvest he hoped for, which was to turn the foundling out of Mr Allworthy's house.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

definite practical purpose
"If I were sure you were working with a definite, practical purpose really to secure the future of the company, I'd go heartily into your assessment plan.
— from The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips

deep plate previously
The portion of dough reserved for the lid must then be moulded on the inverted bottom of a deep plate, previously buttered.
— from Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book, 3rd ed. A Useful Guide for Large or Small Families, Containing Directions for Cooking, Preserving, Pickling... by Eliza Leslie

Disney Productions PWH
Walt Disney Productions (PWH); 9Apr73; R550290.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

de parler peu
L'on se repent rarement de parler peu, très souvent de trop parler: maxime usée et triviale que tout le monde sait, et que tout le monde ne pratique pas —We rarely repent of having spoken too little, very often of having spoken too much: a maxim this which is old and trivial, and which every one knows, but which every one does not practise.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

decaying popular poetry
According to this [Pg 161] school, in the place of the gradually decaying popular poetry we have artistic poetry, the work of individual minds, not of masses of people.
— from On the Future of our Educational Institutions; Homer and Classical Philology Complete Works, Volume Three by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

direct psychic power
It may interest my readers to know that, at the time of his death, M. Curie,—who had been completely convinced of the reality of these phenomena,—was busy devising an instrument which would register and direct psychic power liberated from the body of a physical medium when in trance.
— from The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Hereward Carrington

deer partridges plenty
Set off from the Fort—Arrive at Po-co-ree-kis-co River—One of the Northern Indians desert—Cross Seal River, and walk on the barren grounds—Receive wrong information concerning the distance of the woods—Weather begins to be very cold, provisions all expended and nothing to be got—Strike to the Westward, arrive at the woods, and kill three deer—Set forward in the North West quarter, see the tracks of musk-oxen and deer, but killed none—Very short of provisions—Chawchinahaw wants us to return—Neither he nor his crew contribute to our maintenance—He influences several of the Indians to desert—Chawchinahaw and all his crew leave us—Begin our return to the factory; kill a few partridges, the first meal we had had for several days—Villany of one of the home Indians and his wife, who was a Northern Indian woman—Arrive at Seal River, kill two deer; partridges plenty—Meet a strange Northern Indian, accompany him to his tent, usage received there; my Indians assist in killing some beaver—Proceed toward home, and arrive at the Fort.
— from A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Samuel Hearne

different procedure p
The categories were meant to provide a uniform basis for classifying military personnel, The Adjutant General pointed out, but given the variety and complexity of Army forms—he had discovered that the Army was using seven separate forms with racial entries, each with a different procedure (p. 383) for deciding race—uniformity was practically impossible without a careful delineation of each category.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

Distantia Pedum posita
316 De Ludentibus supra Glaciem Sport upon the Ice Cùm est congelata Palus illa magna quae Moenia Urbis aquilonia alluit, exeunt lusum super Glaciem densae Juvenum Turmae: Hii ex Cursu Motu captato citatiore, Distantia Pedum posita, magnum Spatium Latere altero praetenso perlabuntur.
— from Early London: Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and Norman by Walter Besant

Disney Productions PWH
© Walt Disney Productions (PWH) Release 9Jan44.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office


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