They pass it on their way to prayer; it meets their eyes when their hearts are softened by the exercises of devotion; they linger about it on the Sabbath, when the mind is disengaged from worldly cares and most disposed to turn aside from present pleasures and present loves and to sit down among the solemn mementos of the past. — from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving
five pounds payable at
refused by a teacher, picked up by advertisement, at an annual salary of five pounds payable at indefinite periods, and ‘found’ in food and lodging like the very boys themselves; and this too in the presence of a little chit of a miller’s daughter of eighteen, who was going to be married, in three weeks’ time, to a man who had gone down on his very knees to ask her. — from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
fugere possent Poenis a
Ligures et Baliares Maurosque posuit, ut neque fugere possent Poenis a tergo stantibus et hostem oppositi, si non infestarent, 5 at certe fatigarent: tum suis et — from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
for practical purposes as
(This latter figure will be impressive in documents but will not mean as much for practical purposes as will the more specific percentages under each separate head.) — from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Formulism Pagan Popeism and
Formulism, Pagan Popeism, and other Falsehood and corrupt Semblance had ruled long enough: and here once more was a man found who durst tell all men that God's-world stood not on semblances but on realities; that Life was a truth, and not a lie! — from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
fallible perishable Pallder a
Pai, n. what is objective Paid, n. cessation, quiet Paill, n. farina, flour Pain, n. bloom; fine dust; farina Pair, n. instrumentality; cause; a boiler, a cauldron Pais, n. a coat; a petticoat Paisg, n. a coating; a pod Pâl, n. a spread; a ray; a spade Palad, n. a radiating, a beaming, a shooting out Paladr, n. a ray; a beam; a shaft; a stem; a stalk; axis Paladrog, a. having a shaft Paladriad, n. a forming a shaft Paladru, v. to beam, to shaft; to bole Paladrwym, n. a flail joint Paladu, v. to beam, to radiate Palawr, n. a delver, a digger Paled, n. a shaft; a javelin Paledrydd, n. a maker of darts Paledu, v. to cast a dart Palf, n. flat end of a shaft; a paw; a palm Palfaid, n. a stroke of a palm Palfaliad, n. a groping about Palfalu, v. to grope about Palfes, n. the shoulders of a quadruped Palfiad, n. a pawing Palfod, n. a stroke of a paw Palfog, a. pawed; having a palm Paliad, n. a spreading; a delving, a digging Palis, n. a pale, a wainscot; the steep of a rock Paliso, v. to pale, to wainscot Palisog, a. paled, wainscoted Palm, n. a spread; a flag Palmant, n. a pavement Palmantu, v. to lay a paving Palmwydd, n. palm trees Palores, n. a cough, a daw Palu, v. to delve, to dig Pall, n. loss of energy; a miss, a failure; nought; neglect: n. a mantle; a pavilion Palladwy, a. fallible; perishable Pallder, a. fallibility, failed state Palldod, n. failure, abortiveness Palliad, n. a failing; a neglecting Palliant, n. failure; neglect Pallu, v. to fail; to cease Pam, adv. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
from parlors pavements and
DEATH OF LONGFELLOW Camden, April, '82 .—I have just return'd from an old forest haunt, where I love to go occasionally away from parlors, pavements, and the newspapers and magazines—and where, of a clear forenoon, deep in the shade of pines and cedars and a tangle of old laurel-trees and vines, the news of Longfellow's death first reach'd me. — from Complete Prose Works
Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman
friends puts people apart
Whereas having many friends puts people apart and severs and disunites them, by transferring and shifting the tie of friendship too frequently, and does not admit of a mixture and welding of goodwill by the diffusing and compacting of intimacy. — from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch
from poems pass away
13 Rhymes and rhymers pass away, poems distill'd from poems pass away, The swarms of reflectors and the polite pass, and leave ashes, Admirers, importers, obedient persons, make but the soil of literature, America justifies itself, give it time, no disguise can deceive it or conceal from it, it is impassive enough, Only toward the likes of itself will it advance to meet them, If its poets appear it will in due time advance to meet them, there is no fear of mistake, (The proof of a poet shall be sternly deferr'd till his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorb'd it.) — from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
fish products paper and
Belarus machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs Belgium machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs Belize sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood Benin cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood Bermuda reexports of pharmaceuticals Bhutan electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones, spices Bolivia natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin Bosnia and Herzegovina metals, clothing, wood products Botswana diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles Brazil transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos British Virgin Islands rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand Brunei crude oil, natural gas, refined products, clothing Bulgaria clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels Burkina Faso cotton, livestock, gold Burma natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems Burundi coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides Cambodia clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear Cameroon crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton Canada motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum Cape Verde fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides Cayman Islands turtle products, manufactured consumer goods Central African Republic diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco Chad oil, cattle, cotton, gum arabic Chile copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine China machinery, electrical products, data processing equipment, apparel, textile, steel, mobile phones Christmas Island phosphate Cocos (Keeling) Islands copra Colombia petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers Comoros vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra Congo, Democratic Republic of the diamonds, copper, crude oil, coffee, cobalt Congo, Republic of the petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds Cook Islands copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing Costa Rica bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment Cote d'Ivoire cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, fish Croatia transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels Cuba sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee Cyprus citrus, potatoes, pharmaceuticals, cement, and clothing Czech Republic machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003) — from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
fine public parks and
You know there was the grand Cathedral, with its grander clock, to see, the fortifications, some fine public parks, and the immense Alsatian bows with the women attached, besides a lunch on the famous local dish, pates de foie gras. — from By-gone Tourist Days: Letters of Travel by Laura G. Case Collins
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