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pleno et gratissimo moriturus
Cum corde pleno et gratissimo moriturus vos, Illustrissimi Domini, saluto. YULE."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

parents eyes Grateful mistake
And, after him, the Daucian twins were slain, Laris and Thymbrus, on the Latian plain; So wondrous like in feature, shape, and size, As caus’d an error in their parents’ eyes— Grateful mistake!
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

people e g Mongan
[179] A fact which ought to be noted in this connexion is that kings or great heroes, rather than ordinary men and women, are very commonly described as being able to shift their own shape, or that of other people; e. g. ‘Mongan took on himself the shape of Tibraide, and gave Mac an Daimh the shape of the cleric, with a large tonsure on his head.’
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Providence exists good men
He infers the necessary existence of a Providence from the regularity and constancy observed in the government of the universe but his chief object is to show, why, upon the principle that a Providence exists, good men should be liable to evils.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

pempein eiper ge mê
hoti men gar êtoi toutous helkein auto prosêken ê tas phlebas pempein, eiper ge mê ex heautou pheretai, panti pou dêlon.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

person ever gave me
Converse with no other 233 person ever gave me such a wealth of suggestive ideas on so many different subjects.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

pecuniary embarrassment Geldverleiher money
Geldüberweisung money transfer Geldüberweisungsdienst money transmission service Geldumlauf circulation of money Geldumlauf cycle of money Geldumlauf monetary circulation Geldverlegenheit pecuniary embarrassment Geldverleiher money lender Geldvermittler money broker Geldverschwendung waste of money Geldversorgung money supply Geldvolumen money supply Geldvolumen volume of money Geldwechsler money change Geldwechsler money changer Geldzuflüsse money inflows gelegen situated Gelegenheit occasion Gelegenheit opportunity Gelegenheit; günstiges Angebot bargain Gelegenheitsarbeit casual employment Gelegenheitsarbeit casual labour Gelegenheitsarbeit casual work Gelegenheitsarbeit odd job Gelegenheitsarbeiten odd jobs Gelegenheitsarbeiten verrichten jobbing Gelegenheitsarbeiter casual worker Gelegenheitsbeschäftigter casual employee Gelegenheitsbeschäftigung casual employment Gelegenheitskauf; günstige Gelegenheit bargain sale Gelegenheitskunde stray customer gelegentlich casual gelegentlich occasional gelegentlich auftretendes
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

powerful enemies graziers members
The instantaneous deaths of many powerful enemies, graziers, members of parliament, members of standing committees, are reported.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

possibility ever guess much
We now enter a sphere of which no understanding could by any possibility ever guess, much less investigate.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

Palmerston Earl Granville Mr
William Pitt was Lord Warden in 1792, and from that date until the year 1896 the holders of the office have been the Earl of Liverpool, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Dalhousie, Lord Palmerston, Earl Granville, Mr. W. H. Smith, the Marquis of Dufferin and the Marquis of Salisbury.
— from Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar. by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles

politeness even grand manners
There are courtesy, politeness, even grand manners here and there.
— from Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View by Price Collier

Paraguayan Ethnic groups mestizo
Nationality: noun: Paraguayan(s) adjective: Paraguayan Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5% Religions: Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census) Languages: Spanish (official), Guarani (official) Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94% male: 94.9% female: 93% (2003 est.)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

pésante et grise me
Eh bien (dit le Sirien), cette chose qui te paroît être divisible, pésante, et grise, me dirois tu bien ce que c’est?
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1 by George Grote

puffing engines grimy men
The building, which from the street appeared to mark the end of the enclosure, was a structure wherein puffing engines, grimy men, long lengths of moving chains, and enormous iron cars or boxes were sheltered from the sun or rain.
— from Off Santiago with Sampson by James Otis

play Encores gasped Mrs
Then for the encores you could play——" "Encores!" gasped Mrs. Fleming feebly.
— from A harum-scarum schoolgirl by Angela Brazil

passage except great mortality
After an ordinary passage, except great mortality from small pox, which broke out on board, we arrived at the island of Barbadoes: but when we reached it, there were found out of the two hundred and sixty that sailed from Africa, not more than two hundred alive.
— from A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself by Venture Smith


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