But this full recognition of the colored man to the right, and the entire admission of the same to the full privileges, political, religious and social, of manhood, requires powerful effort on the part of the enthralled, as well as on the part of those who would disenthrall them. — from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
five pink paper roses
There were five pink paper roses twisted in the veil, and eleven bright green rose leaves. — from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
fōrma poena potentia rēgīna
Give the English of the following words: Nouns of the First Declension disciplīna fōrma poena potentia rēgīna superbia trīstitia Nouns of the Second Declension lūdus ōrnāmentum sacrum socius verbum Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions amīcus antīquus fīnitimus grātus idōneus inimīcus interfectus īrātus laetus molestus perpetuus proximus septem superbus 270 Adverbs Conjunctions Personal Pronoun hodiē ibi maximē mox nunc nūper etiam nōn sōlum ... sed etiam ego Verbs CONJ. — from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
flamenco Pedro Pablo Rubens
Un día que el célebre pintor flamenco Pedro Pablo Rubens [26-1] andaba recorriendo los templos de Madrid acompañado de sus afamados discípulos, penetró en la iglesia de un humilde convento, cuyo nombre — from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
feeling presentiment premonition rule
— N. intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of thumb; superstition; astrology[obs3]; faith (supposition) 514. — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
Fluggast passenger Passagiergut registered
im Firmengelände on-site parking parken; Park park Parkinsons Gesetz Parkinson's Law Parkplatz parking place Parkuhr parking meter Parkwächter parking attendant Partei party Partei; Gesellschaft party Parteien des Vertrags parties to a contract partielle Analyse partial analysis Partnerschaft partnership Pass passport Passagier; Fahrgast; Fluggast passenger Passagiergut registered luggage Passant passer-by passend fitting passend machen mit match with passender Stuhl matching chair Passiva; Verbindlichkeiten liabilities passive Handelsbilanz passive trade balance Passivposten debit item Passivposten der Bilanz liabilities Passivsaldo debit balance Passivzinsen interest payable Passkontrolle passport control Passus; Absatz passage Patent patent Patentamt patent office Patentanmelder patent applicant Patentanmeldung patent application Patentantrag patent application Patentanwalt patent agent Patentbeschreibung patent description patentfähig patentable patentiert patented Patentinhaber owner of a patent Patentverlängerung extension of a patent pauschal flat Pauschalbetrag lump sum pauschale Studie over-all study Pauschalgebühr overall charge Pauschalgeschäft package deal Pauschalpreis flat fee Pauschalpreis lump sum Pauschalreise package tour Pauschalsatz lump rate Pauschalversicherung open policy Pendler commuter Penny penny Penny (pl.) — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
fastidious people prefer R
Capitals R.S.V.P. are permissible; but fastidious people prefer "R.s.v.p." — from Etiquette by Emily Post
Political parties and leaders: Bonino List or LB (used to be the Autonomous List, a group of minor parties) ; Center-Left Coalition (used to be the Olive Tree) - Democrats, DS, FdV, PdCI, PPI, RI, UDEUR; Christian Democratic Center or CCD ; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Rocco BUTTIGLIONE]; Communist Renewal or RC ; Democratic Party ; Democratic Party of the Left or DS [Walter VELTRONI]; Forza Italia or FI ; Freedom Alliance (a center-right coalition) - FI, AN, CCD; Green Federation or FdV ; Italian Communist Party or PdCI ; Italian Democratic Socialists or SDI ; Italian Popular Party or PPI — from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
from politics positively refusing
Studiously abstaining from politics; positively refusing to accept office; shirking constantly and systematically all jury and other public duty, which, onerous in every community, was doubly so, as they thought, in that new country, they seemed never to reflect that there was a portion, and that the worst, of the population, who would take advantage of their remissness, and direct every institution of society to the promotion of their own nefarious purposes. — from A Sketch of the Causes, Operations and Results of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 by Stephen Palfrey Webb
former proper practical relation
Whereas , The State of Tennessee has in good faith ratified the article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress to the Legislatures of the several States, and has also shown, to the satisfaction of Congress, by a proper spirit of obedience in the body of her people, her return to her due allegiance to the Government, laws, and authority of the United States: Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the State of Tennessee is hereby restored to her former, proper, practical relation to the Union, and again entitled to be represented by Senators and Representatives in Congress, duly elected and qualified, upon their taking the oaths of office required by existing laws." — from History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes
Decazes and Deserre formed part:— "Pour raffermir le trône ébranlé sur sa base, Il faut changer de sol, et de serre et de case;" or else they played upon the list of the House of Peers, "an abominably Jacobin chamber," and combined names on this list so as to form, for instance, phrases like the following: "Damas, Sabran, Gouvion de St. Cyr." — from Les Misérables, v. 3/5: Marius by Victor Hugo
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