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passage E causes the steam
Similarly, the passage E causes the steam to press equally on P 3 and the vanes of D 3 .
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

people expressly created to serve
640 They are visibly a people expressly created to serve as a witness to the Messiah (Isaiah, xliii, 9; xliv, 8).
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

pero en cambio tampoco se
No disfrutan de ninguna [5] ventaja especial, pero en cambio tampoco se les niega ninguno de los derechos que tienen los ciudadanos, excepto, naturalmente, el de votar.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

potentiae et crudelis Tyrannidis Satan
Tantum tunc temporis in miserrimos mortales potentiae et crudelis Tyrannidis Satan exercuit.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

place Excellency came the soft
"A miserable place, Excellency," came the soft voice, "but the Cause!
— from The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Beach

practically every case the slack
But in practically every case the slack-line cast, varied to suit the occasion, is the best way out of the difficulty.
— from Fishing with Floating Flies by Samuel G. (Samuel Granger) Camp

pure eye comprehendeth the sight
The pure eye comprehendeth the sight and the meeting of God; the pure nostril inhaleth the perfumes of the rose-garden of bounty; the pure heart becometh the mirror of the beauty of truth.
— from Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

present English curiosity to see
Great good they do, too, in the present English curiosity to see and hear the right sort of frank, candid Americans.
— from The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Burton Jesse Hendrick

Paul ever come to send
"But why—I mean, how did Uncle Paul ever come to send it to us?" Hilary said.
— from The S. W. F. Club by Caroline Emilia Jacobs

penalties explained Cara They sound
“About pains and penalties,” explained Cara, “They sound unpleasant.”
— from The Vision of Desire by Margaret Pedler

pay expenses cause the ship
I was onct as poor as you be; the boat I had was a'most as leaky an' dirty as that ar craft of your'n, and I never could make enough to pay expenses, 'cause the ship-carpenters an' the fine gentlemen who have business across the harbor wouldn't have nothing to do with me.
— from Go-Ahead; Or, The Fisher-Boy's Motto by Harry Castlemon

p er ceyve the same
whiche we haue therin determyned and cause other by your good meane to p er ceyve the same.
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell, Vol. 1 of 2 Life, Letters to 1535 by Roger Bigelow Merriman

Phillips El Comancho THE SANDMAN
By W. S. Phillips ( El Comancho ) THE SANDMAN: His Indian Stories.
— from Our Little Finnish Cousin by Clara Vostrovsky Winlow


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