Voiced s alone is dropped: as, prīmus , first , for *prīs-mus (cf. prīs-cus ); cānus , gray , for *casnus (cf. cas-cus ); adverb pōne , behind , for *posne (cf. pos , 1410 ); dīlābī , glide apart , for *dislābi ; īdem , the same , for ISDEM ( 678 ); iūdex , judge , for iūsdex ; trēdecim , thirteen , for *trēsdecim .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

A chapel in PAULINA's house Enter LEONTES, POLIXENES, FLORIZEL, PERDITA, CAMILLO, PAULINA, LORDS and ATTENDANTS LEONTES.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; in the wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect &c. (expected) 507; looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; in the womb of time, futurity; pregnant &c. (producing) 161.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

He was kind and good, and as strong for the right as John Manly; and so good-tempered and merry that very few people could pick a quarrel with him.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

perpetual Perseus, -eī , Perseus , a Greek hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë persōna, -ae , f. part, character, person per-suādeō, -ēre, -suāsī, -suāsus [ per , thoroughly , + suādeō , persuade ], persuade, advise , with dat. ( § 501.14 ), often with an object clause of purpose ( § 501.41 ) 321 per-terreō, -ēre, -uī, -itus [ per , thoroughly , + terreō , frighten ], thoroughly terrify, alarm per-veniō, -īre, -vēnī, -ventus [ per , through , + veniō , come ], arrive, reach, come to pēs, pedis , m. foot .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

sundorsprǣc f. private conversation, private conference , Æ, AO, CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Atque aliquis magno quaerens exempla timori, ‘Non alios,’ inquit, ‘motus tum fata parabant, Cum post Teutonicos victor Libycosque triumphos 70 Exsul limosa Marius caput abdidit ulva.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

But Pertinax could not refuse those last rites to the memory of Marcus, and the tears of his first protector Claudius Pompeianus, who lamented the cruel fate of his brother-in-law, and lamented still more that he had deserved it.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In the course of a year, Law’s notes rose to fifteen per cent premium, while the billets d’état , or notes issued by the government as security for the debts contracted by the extravagant Louis XIV., were at a discount of no less than seventy-eight and a half per cent.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

These His Majesty had always levied upon for port charges, [pg 341] thereby contributing to his revenue.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

For poor Cordelia patiently Went wandring up and down, Unhelp'd, unpity'd, gentle maid, Through many an English town: Untill at last in famous France She gentler fortunes found;
— from The Book of Old English Ballads by George Wharton Edwards

Then gold rose to five, ten, fifteen, and finally to forty per cent. premium.
— from Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by T. C. (Thomas Cooper) De Leon

Thus the coast line of the Mediterranean from Tripoli to Morocco, and from Sicily and Southern Italy to Spain and Gaul, was dotted with Punic and Greek settlements created for purely commercial purposes, but gaining an independent importance as time went on.
— from Palæography Notes upon the History of Writing and the Medieval Art of Illumination by Bernard Quaritch

Thierry , King of France Theodoret , his Brother Prince of Austrachia Martell , their noble Kinsman Devitry , an honest Souldier of fortune Protuldy , Cowardly Panders.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10 by John Fletcher

The editor has found, in the newspaper files, pertinent critical paragraphs which are here used to introduce the programme notes about each particular work.
— from Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes by Philip Hale

Silveira, president; Liberal Front Party (PFL), Jorge BORNHAUSEN, president; Workers' Party (PT), Luis Inacio LULA da Silva, president; Brazilian Workers' Party (PTB), Rodrigues PALMA, president; Democratic Workers' Party (PDT), Leonel BRIZOLA, president; Progressive Renewal Party (PPR), Paulo MALUF, president; Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Tasso JEREISSATI, president; Popular Socialist Party (PPS), Roberto FREIRE, president; Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), Joao AMAZONAS, secretary general; Liberal Party (PL), Flavio ROCHA, president Other political or pressure groups: left wing of the Catholic Church and labor unions allied to leftist Workers' Party are critical of government's social and economic policies Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS, MERCOSUR, NAM (observer), OAS, ONUSAL, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOMOZ, UNOMUR, UNPROFOR, UPU, WCL, WHO, WFTU, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Paulo Tarso FLECHA de LIMA chancery: 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: (202) 745-2700 FAX: (202) 745-2827 consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong (Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands), Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Juan (Puerto Rico) consulate(s): Houston and San Francisco US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Melvyn LEVITSKY embassy: Avenida das Nacoes, Lote 3, Brasilia, Distrito Federal mailing address: APO AA 34030 telephone: [55] (61) 321-7272 FAX:
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Puisse cette extension de la foi, puisse cette pureté du culte, aujourd’hui que reparaît la lumière
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay