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H pylen PP pylled pt
Pillen , v. to plunder, CM, ND; pylle , S3; pilen , PP; pil , H; pylen , PP; pylled , pt.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

hiN pakig paki panggi pani
The productive affixes which are added to roots to form bases which in turn may have inflectional affixes added to them are -ay, -an, pa-, paN-, 24 ka-, hi-, ha-, hiN-, pakig-, paki-, panggi-, pani-, paniN- 24 .
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

home pa paka pa paka
Nagabhian (nagabin-an) siya sa íyang pagpaúlì, He was overtaken by night on his way home. pa-(→), paka-(→), pa-, paka- v [A1] 1 spend the night.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He probably played pungpung pyángaw
Bag-u tingáling nakapungpung lálung kay gipaningut man, He probably played pungpung pyángaw because he is perspiring.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Homer Philinus Phylarchus Pindar Plato
Aeneas Tacticus, Alcaeus a grammarian, Antiphanes of Berga, Antisthenes of Rhodes, Aratus of Sicyon, Archedicus, Aristotle, Callisthenes, Demetrius of Phalerum, Demosthenes, Dicaearchus, Echecrates, Ephorus of Cumae, Epicharmus of Cos, Eratosthenes, Eudoxus, Euemerus, Euripides, Fabius Pictor, Hesiod, Homer, Philinus, Phylarchus, Pindar, Plato, Pytheas, Simonides of Ceos, Stasinus, Strabo, Theophrastus of Lesbos, Theopompus of Chios, Thucydides, Timaeus, Xenophon, Zaleucus, Zeno of Rhodes.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

his part Paul Petrovitch paced
For his part, Paul Petrovitch paced the room (he never took supper), and sipped a glassful of red wine, and occasionally interjected some such remark—rather, exclamation—as "Ah!" or "Oh, ho!" or "H'm!"
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

hilang patah paku plate piring
The first blind man—at the commencement of the game—is chosen as follows: the intending players sit down together in a close circle, each of them putting down the tips of their forefingers in the [ 497 ] centre of the circle; then somebody who is not playing taps each of them on the head in turn, repeating at each tap a word of the following formula:— 1 2 3 4 ping hilang patah paku plate (= piring ?)
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

history papers practical papers poetry
The monthly part of Golden Days is, as usual, replete with healthful and interesting reading, in the shape of instalments of several captivating serials by popular authors, short stories, natural history papers, practical papers, poetry, puzzles, etc., profusely illustrated.
— from Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by Various

hundred pounds Pounds pounds pounds
We have not a hundred pounds, Pounds, pounds, pounds; pounds, pounds, pounds; We have not a hundred pounds, My fair lady.
— from The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc. by Alice Bertha Gomme

his present philosophy Positive Philosophy
Both articles are very characteristic of the present standpoint of Schelling’s philosophizing—he himself calls his present philosophy Positive Philosophy, or the Philosophy of Mythology and Revelation ,—but as they give only intimations of this, and do not reach a complete exposition, they do not admit of being used for our purpose.
— from A History of Philosophy in Epitome by Albert Schwegler

horse power page proof pay
Use the hyphen in the following words: after-years bas-relief birth-rate blood-feud blood-relations common-sense cross-examine cross-reference cross-section death-rate feast-day folk-song food-stuff fountain-head guinea-pig horse-power page-proof pay-roll poor-law post-office sea-level sense-perception son-in-law subject-matter man-of-war object-lesson thought-process title-page wave-length well-being well-nigh will-power Do not use the hyphen: 1.
— from The Writer's Desk Book Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc. by William Dana Orcutt

have Past Par PAST PERFECT
(They) have /Past Par./. PAST PERFECT TENSE.
— from Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg


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