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le père du
Un jour le père du jeune homme l'accosta sur la rue.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

La première démarche
La première démarche me semble donc une démarche technique.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

late posterity descend
Our fortunes, good or bad, shall be the same: The double Troy shall differ but in name; That what we now begin may never end, But long to late posterity descend.’
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

la prossima domenica
la prossima domenica sotto la Messa grande in tempo del Offertorio.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Lieferung prompt delivery
programme Programm (US) program Programmablaufdiagramm program flow chart Programmierer programmer programmierte Unterweisung programmed instruction Programmmanagement program management progressiv progressive progressive Kosten progressive costs progressiver Leistungslohn accelerating incentive progressiver Leistungslohn steepening incentive Projekt project Projektanalyse project analysis Projektmanagement project management Prokura power of procuration Prokura procuration Proletariat proletariat Prolongation eines Wechsels extension of a B/L Prolongationsgebühr backwardation Prolongationsgebühr; Aufgeld contango Prolongationskosten contango money prompt; sofort; umgehend prompt prompte Anlieferung; prompte Lieferung prompt delivery Prospekt prospectus Protektionismus protectionism Protest protest Protest erheben enter a protest Protest erheben lodge a protest Protest erheben raise a protest Protest mangels Zahlung protest for non-payment Protest wegen Nicht-Annahme protest for non-acceptance Protestaufnahme act of protest Protestgebühren protest charges protestieren; Protest protest protestierter Wechsel protested bill Protestkosten protest charges Protesturkunde deed of protest Protesturkunde notarial protest certificate Protesturkunde note of protest Protokoll minutes
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

literary purposes did
What excellent literary purposes did the classics serve in later periods?
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

los preceptos de
[48] los preceptos de escuela, academic precepts .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

least pleasant detail
The succession of events is carefully observed, each least pleasant detail jealously retained, and in some places even the language closely imitated.
— from The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne

long prothorax divides
A narrow and very long prothorax divides the front pair of legs from the two hinder pairs.
— from More Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre

L Poudre d
Dover’s powder , Compound powder of ipecacuanha with opium ; Pulvis Doveri , Pulvis ipecacuanhæ compositus (B. P., Ph. L., E., & D.), L.; Poudre d’ipecacuanha et d’opium , Fr.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

la Provincia de
No. 4: Buenos Aires, 1913). 17 G. Bodenbender, Parte meridional de la Provincia de la Rioja y regiones limitrofes (Ann.
— from The Argentine Republic: Its Development and Progress by Pierre Denis

l Plato declares
Plan of the Universe emanated from Deity, was of Himself, though not His Very Self, 764-m. Planetary motive force a mechanical law, so considered now, 671-m. Planetary spheres represented by the seven steps of the Mystic Ladder, 851-l. Planets distinguished by a cross and solar or lunar symbols, 505-l. Planets, numbers and motions of the, 233-m. Planets, seven, 10-m. Plato, commentator of Timaeus, wrote of the Soul of the World, 667-u. Plato's Deity the essence of Goodness, "The Good" itself, 682-l. Plato declares absolute truth is in God; it is God under one of His phases, 707-l. Plato developed beautifully the higher Greek religious ideas, 617-m. Plato discourses on the disfigurement of the Soul, 858-m. Plato drew his doctrines from the East and the Mysteries, 398-m. Plato expresses his idea of the love of God, 704-l. Plato, greatest of human Revealers, 100-u. Plato, in part, conceived the progressive mediation between ignorance and wisdom, 711-u. Plato in the Alexandrian School helps bring Christianity and Magic together, 731-l. Plato installed the creations of his own mind among the gods, 678-u. Plato, Masonry revives the Academy of, 221-m. Plato on the nature of the First Principle, 99-u. Plato recognizes Love as the highest and most beneficent of the Gods, 682-l.
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

la procurer dès
la procurer dès les premières semaines par les soins de notre ami commun le Chev. Bunsen.
— from Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Mary Somerville

la prigion di
<>, disse, <la prigion di Carlo,
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

line principle D
Faces are finished in India ink on the line principle, [D] which shows the grain of the flesh.
— from Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements by Jerome A. Barhydt


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