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fear pleasure pain excitability
Love, hate, joy, fear, pleasure, pain, excitability, stupor, and countless appropriate responses to stimuli are as universal in plants as in animals.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

following Principal parts e
edō , eat , has a present system with a formative vowel like regō throughout ( 782 ); but in some parts of the present, and of the imperfect subjunctive, parallel root forms are usually found, with d of the root changed to s , and the vowel lengthened ( 135 ), as may be seen in the following: Principal parts: edō , ēsse , ēdī , ēsus .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

frangi pertinaciam passa est
&c. at last, frangi pertinaciam passa est , he got her good will, not only to satisfy his lust, [5122] but to hang her dead husband's body on the cross (which he watched instead of the thief's that was newly stolen away), whilst he wooed her in her cabin.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

finos pero para este
Se hila la lana para fabricar prendas de calidad inferior, aunque también se tejen géneros finos; pero para este objeto se importa la lana hilada.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

f power possession ERPs
onwealdnes f. power, possession , ERPs 2 8 .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

fiato piu placido e
i soffi e l' ira; Ma con fiato piu placido e più molle Per le compagne libere poi spira.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Female peaceful possessing enjoyments
Furthermore, the Japanese identified persons, nations, or institutions as Female (peaceful, possessing enjoyments, subject to bullying) or as Male (fierce, counteraggressive, superordinate).
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

few pleasant poetical extracts
Here are a few pleasant poetical extracts from a New Year's Address, written seventeen years ago, touching among other things upon Adams's election, the great Erie Canal celebration, Kean's reception at Boston, hard times, broken banks, etc.:
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 3, September 1843 by Various

for practical purposes energy
However, for practical purposes, energy requirement is generally based upon body weight.
— from School and Home Cooking by Carlotta C. (Carlotta Cherryholmes) Greer

famous popular preachers Eberlin
From their cloisters proceeded, e.g. , the two famous popular preachers, Eberlin of Günzburg and Henry of Kettenbach in Ulm, the Hamburg reformer Stephen Kempen, the fervent Lambert reformer of Hesse, Luther’s friend Myconius of Gotha, and many more.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

for printing publishing editing
The Daily Witness is sold at a cent a number, a sum which hardly pays the cost of paper alone; so that out of the advertisements inserted must be met the expenses for printing, publishing, editing, etc.
— from The Daily Newspaper: The History of Its Production and Distibution by Anonymous

female pointer puppy eight
A female pointer puppy, eight weeks old, had both her eyes of their natural size and formation, but the inner edge of the iris was strangely diseased.
— from The Dog by William Youatt

formam propriam per eam
[61] Si enim materia prima haberet aliquam formam propriam, per eam esset aliquid actu; et sic, quum superinduceretur alia forma, non simpliciter materia per eam esset, sed fieret hoc vel illud ens; et sic esset generatio secundum quid, et non simpliciter.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

for particular purposes especially
A Church, in the original meaning of the word, is an assembling together of a number of persons, for particular purposes; especially religious ones, that they may jointly engage in divine worship, mutually edify one another, and attend all divine ordinances, agreeably to the word of God, taking that for the only rule of their faith and practice.
— from Twenty-four Discourses On Some of the Important and Interesting Truths, Duties, and Institutions, of the Gospel, and the General Excellency of the Christian Religion; Calculated for the People of God of Every Communion, Particularly for the Benefit of Pious Families, and the Instruction of All in the Things Which Concern Their Salvation by Nathan Perkins

For Pies Puddings etc
(For Pies, Puddings, etc.)
— from The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Hugo Ziemann

for picnics parties etc
It is just the cup for tourists, for picnics, parties, etc.
— from The Pansy, November 1886, Vol. 14 by Various

forehead pale protuberant eyes
She liked the priggish Wesleyan, Mr. Samson Barker, who lectured and domineered over her, but who was a conscientious youth, and innocent of all evil, the outcome of nonconformist ancestors, a feeble specimen of humanity, with a high narrow forehead, pale protuberant eyes, and a receding chin.
— from The Infidel: A Story of the Great Revival by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon


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