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FERVENTIA PEPPER LOVAGE CELERY
FERVENTIA PEPPER, LOVAGE, CELERY SEED, MINT, THYME, TOASTED NUTS, WINE, VINEGAR, BROTH, AND A LITTLE OIL.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Financé par la Commission
Financé par la Commission européenne, ELSNET (European Network of Excellence in Human Language Technologies) regroupe 135 universités et sociétés.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

FARSILI PEPPER LOVAGE CORIANDER
[1] IN LOLIGINE FARSILI PEPPER, LOVAGE, CORIANDER, CELERY SEED, YOLKS, HONEY, VINEGAR, BROTH, WINE, OIL, AND BIND [2].
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

friendly prayer Let cares
Peace and good luck attend you there, And blessing, is my friendly prayer; Let cares of state each mind engage To guard his royal heritage.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

frappé par les caractères
admiration , f. , action d'admirer; sentiment qu'éprouve l'âme quand on est frappé par les caractères du bien.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

for perfect love casteth
They fear God, indeed, but it is with that servile fear "which is not in love; for perfect love casteth out fear."
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

for particular likings care
But in this age, a sect of writers are, That, only, for particular likings care, And will taste nothing that is popular.
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

fingi Posse linenda cedro
Out of this fountain proceed all those cracks and brags,— [1929] speramus carmina fingi Posse linenda cedro, et leni servanda cupresso — [1930]
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

fan propelling liquid constantly
80 is shown a fan propelling liquid constantly through a pipe.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

fantastic pendants like crimson
Here extends mile after mile of primeval forest where perhaps foot of white man has never trod—interminable vistas where the eucalyptus trees rear their lofty trunks and spread forth their lanky limbs, from which the red gum oozes and hangs in fantastic pendants like crimson stalactites; ravines along the sides of which the long-bladed grass grows rankly; level untimbered plains alternating with undulating tracts of pasture, here and there broken by a stony ridge, steep gully, or dried-up creek.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

for possessing less courage
The great many cases of persons remaining in full health, notwithstanding the closest connexion with the deceased, considerably removed the apprehensions of the malady being communicated by infection; and example works so powerfully on the mind, that when I saw the number of foreigners then in the town quite unconcerned, I began to be almost ashamed of myself for possessing less courage than they displayed.
— from Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt

foolish palpitating little creature
Sophia actually surrenders without a proper sense of decorum; the fond, foolish, palpitating little creature,— “Indeed, Mr. Jones,” she says,— “it rests with you to appoint the day.”
— from Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray

from poor Lord Culduff
“This is from poor Lord Culduff,” said she; “he has been stopping these last three days at the L'Estranges', and what between boredom and bad cookery, he could n't hold out any longer.
— from The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever

following passage Lord Chancellor
587.).—In Poynder's Literary Extracts , under the title "Corporations," there occurs the following passage: "Lord Chancellor Thurlow said that corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like."
— from Notes and Queries, Number 224, February 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

for purchasing lands conferred
In the exercise of the trust for purchasing lands conferred by the Act, the Trustees subsequently purchased the property in Walsall Street, adjoining and near to the Churchyard, including the site of the new Schools there, and also two Cottages and some gardens and land at Shepwell Green.
— from The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood

for Persian ladies considered
At this proposal, Sisygambis burst into tears, and asked if he wished to make slaves of them, for Persian ladies considered any labor a disgrace.
— from The Story of the Greeks by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

for petroleum lamps Cement
Oil cements; Putty and its preparation 224 French putty; Soft putty; Litharge cement; Red lead cement; Cement for wash basins 225 Zinc-white cement; Mastic cement, mastic or pierres de mastic 226 French mastic; Paget’s mastic; Water-proof cement; Serbat’s mastic 227 Stephen’s oil cement; Oil cement for glass; Oil cement free from lead for steam pipes; Oil cements for steam pipes; Oil cement for marble 228 Oil cement for porcelain; Diamond cement; Hager’s diamond cement; Resinous cements; Resinous cement for amber; Cement for turners 229 Cement for ivory and bone; Cement for white enameled clock faces; Cements for glass; Cement for glass upon glass; Cement for glass upon metal; Cement for metal letters upon glass; Cement for wood 230 xiv Cement for knife handles; Cement for petroleum lamps; Cement for porcelain; Cement for porcelain which is to be heated; Cement to withstand the action of petroleum; Cement for mica 231 Cement for horn, whalebone and tortoise shell; Cement for terra cotta articles; Mastic cement for glass; Stick mastic cement; Sulphur cement for porcelain 232 Insoluble cement for wooden vessels; Rubber cements; Cements for glass; Soft rubber cement 233 Hard rubber cement; Elastic cement; Marine glue 234 Jeffrey’s marine glue; Marine glue for damp walls; Gutta-percha cements; Cement for leather 235 Cement for hard rubber combs; Elastic gutta-percha cement; Cement for horses’ hoofs; Cement for crockery 236 Cement for leather; Caseine cements; Preparation of pure caseine 237 Preparation of ordinary technical caseine; John A. Just’s method for obtaining a purer technical caseine
— from Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorous, Cements, Pastes and Mucilages by F. (Ferdinand) Dawidowsky

fonds pour les choses
The year after Charles II. died: ‘II n'y avoit pas de fonds pour les choses les plus nécessaires, pour la cuisine, l'écurie, les valets de pied,’ &c. Millot , Mémoires du Duc de Noailles , vol.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle


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