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homogeneous immediate proximate essential present
ANT: Near, close, direct, connected, related, homogeneous, immediate, proximate, essential, present, pressing, urgent, actual.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

holy Isaiah prophesies expressly Pg
[318] But the holy Isaiah prophesies expressly [Pg 342] concerning Egypt in reference to this matter, saying, "And the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and their heart shall be overcome in them," [319] and other things to the same effect.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

his illegitimate progeny Euphemia Porraberil
He reckoned among his illegitimate progeny, Euphemia Porraberil, and among the women he maintained a certain Hortense who lived on rue Tronchet.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

have its perfectly exclusive pigeon
It must have its perfectly exclusive pigeon-holes and will tolerate no flying vagrants.
— from Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir

hear it plain enough presently
“Well, you’ll hear it plain enough presently,” said Archibald: “follow me down-stairs.”
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Moral Tales by Maria Edgeworth

his incomparable performances evidently prove
This monumental stone was erected to the memory of the deceased by two Brother Masons , for, although he did not live to be a member of their Society , yet all his incomparable performances evidently prove him to have acted by Rule and Square ; they rejoice in this opportunity of perpetuating his high and unapproachable character to after ages.
— from Hyde Park from Domesday-book to Date by John Ashton

have it published even privately
If a correspondence, in other words, has not the real charm, I wouldn't have it published even privately; if it has, on the other hand, I would give it all the glory of the greatest literature.
— from The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I) by Henry James

heart its problems ever present
It affords me great pleasure to see that since you left the West you have continued to have its welfare at heart, its problems ever present in your thought.
— from Catholic Problems in Western Canada by George Thomas Daly

harm In proving every poison
From thy false tears I did distil An essence which hath strength to kill; From thy own heart I then did wring The black blood in its blackest spring; From thy own smile I snatched the snake, For there it coiled as in a brake; From thy own lip I drew the charm Which gave all these their chiefest harm; In proving every poison known, 240 I found the strongest was thine own.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

He ish pad enough put
"He ish pad enough, put not so pad ash dat—tish one of te itle shtories tat peoplesh frighten von oder mit."
— from Captain Kyd; or, The Wizard of the Sea. Vol. II by J. H. (Joseph Holt) Ingraham

horse in particular ever published
Volumes One and Two of the NATIONAL REGISTER NORMAN HORSES The most reliable, concise, and exhaustive history of the horse in general, and by far the most complete and authentic one of the Norman horse in particular, ever published in the United States.
— from The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

have individual plots each pupil
If the pupils in this Form have individual plots, each pupil will mark out his drills, put in the seeds, and cover them.
— from Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Department of Education


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