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prevailing or chief motive
It is true that it must not be confounded with what may be the prevailing or chief motive in actual fact.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

purpose of collecting men
OF THE INSURRECTION OF AGDER DISTRICT. Of Erling's sons some at that time were north in Throndhjem, some in Hordaland, and some in the Fjord district, for the purpose of collecting men.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Ptolemy our common Maecenas
[2069] Sed haec prius fuere, nunc recondita Senent quiete, those days are gone; Et spes, et ratio studiorum in Caesare tantum : [2070] as he said of old, we may truly say now, he is our amulet, our [2071] sun, our sole comfort and refuge, our Ptolemy, our common Maecenas, Jacobus munificus, Jacobus pacificus, mysta Musarum, Rex Platonicus: Grande decus, columenque nostrum : a famous scholar himself, and the sole patron, pillar, and sustainer of learning: but his worth in this kind is so well known, that as Paterculus of Cato, Jam ipsum laudare nefas sit : and which [2072] Pliny to Trajan.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

price of copper money
His addition of one seventh to the ordinary price of copper money may be interpreted with the same candor; and the alteration, which might be wise, appears to have been innocent; since he neither alloyed the purity, nor enhanced the value, of the gold coin, 87 the legal measure of public and private payments.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

partner or companion me
Mate , the term a coster or low person applies to a friend, partner, or companion; “me and my MATE did so and so,” is a common phrase with a low Londoner.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Proficiency of candidates must
Master Mason, rights of " " becomes a member by signing the by-laws " " how this right is forfeited " " may apply to any lodge for membership " " to whom subject for discipline " " may speak and vote on all questions " " may hold any office to which elected " " but to serve as Master must have been a Warden " " may appeal to the Grand Lodge " " may visit any lodge, after examination Master of a lodge " " " must have previously served as Warden " " " must see Grand Lodge regulations enforced " " " must be installed by a Past Master " " " has the warrant in charge " " " may call special meetings of his lodge " " " may close his lodge at any time " " " presides over business as well as labor " " " is supreme in his lodge Master of a lodge, no appeal from his decision except to Grand Lodge moral qualifications of intellectual qualifications of who is to judge of them is a member of the Grand Lodge may exclude a member temporarily Membership, right of Members of Grand Lodge are Masters and Wardens with the Grand Officers Minutes, when to be read how to be amended not to be read at special communications formula for keeping Moral law, what it is a Mason must obey it Motions, when to be entertained N. Name of a lodge to be selected by itself Non-residents, initiation of Number of a lodge regulates its precedency of candidates to be initiated at one communication O. Office, can be vacated only by death, removal, or expulsion not vacated by suspension Officers of a Grand Lodge subordinate lodge warranted lodge must be installed how to be installed time of election determined by Grand Lodge elected annually vacancies in, how to be supplied cannot resign Order, rules of whence derived P. Parliamentary law not applicable to Masonry Past Masters rights of not members of the Grand Lodge by inherent right may install their successors of two kinds—actual and virtual may preside in a lodge eligible to election to the chair entitled to a seat in the East eligible to be elected Deputy Grand Master, or Grand Warden virtual, cannot be present at installing a Master Penal jurisdiction of a lodge Perfect youth, meaning of the term Perfection, physical, why required of a candidate Petition of candidate must be read at a regular communication referred to a committee of three reported on at next regular communication report on, cannot be made at a special communication renewal of, in case of rejection how to be renewed, if rejected for advancement to a higher degree if rejected, how to be renewed Petitioners, not less than seven to form a lodge what they must set forth must be recommended by nearest lodge Political offenses not cognizable by a lodge Political qualifications of candidates Postponed business, when to be called up Precedency of lodges, regulated by their numbers Presiding in a lodge, who has the right of officer, has the prerogatives of the Master, for the time Previous question, unknown in Masonry Probation of candidates for initiation for advancement Proceedings of a regular communication cannot be amended at a special one Profanes, testimony of, how to be taken in trials Proficiency of candidates Proficiency of candidates, must be suitable Punishments, masonic Pursuivant,
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Pepys of Cottenham married
Thence I went to the Temple to speak with Mr. Calthropp about the L60 due to my Lord, [Sir Edward Montagu, born 1625, son of Sir Sidney Montagu, by Paulina, daughter of John Pepys of Cottenham, married Jemima, daughter of John Crew of Stene.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

physicians of Cordova Mariana
[ In the year 956, Sancho the Fat, king of Leon, was cured by the physicians of Cordova, (Mariana, l. viii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

producer of current must
It follows that a powerful dynamo, or mechanical producer of current, must have strong magnets and a long conductor; and the latter must be moved at a high speed across the lines of force.
— 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

pound of coffee may
Assuming that a pound of coffee may be safely contained in seventy-two cubic inches, we find that a carton three inches thick by four inches wide by six inches high will serve our purpose; and, as an illustration of extremes, a carton three inches thick by three inches wide by eight inches high, or one [carton] two inches thick by six inches wide by six inches high, will each have exactly the same cubical contents.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

process of communicating my
There was none of that tedious process of communicating my wishes to the nerves, and from them to the muscles.
— from The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1 by Charles Dudley Warner

Protestant or Catholic minority
Their existence is not a favour conceded to the Protestant or Catholic minority, but rather, the acknowledgement of a natural and constitutional right.
— from Catholic Problems in Western Canada by George Thomas Daly

piece of clever masquerading
What, after all, if the concubine were right, and Sampei's air of offended dignity a piece of clever masquerading?
— from The Curse of Koshiu: A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield

part of cake mixture
— 1 pound powdered sugar, ¾ pound flour, ½ pound butter, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, the whites of 8 eggs and 1 cup white brandy; sift flour and baking powder together; wash the butter in cold water, to remove the salt, and dry it in a napkin; put butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and stir it with the right hand to a light white cream; beat the whites to a stiff froth and stir them with a spoon in small portions alternately with the flour and brandy into the creamed butter; divide the mixture into 4 equal parts; add to one part a little prepared cochineal, to color it a delicate pink, and flavor with 2 teaspoonfuls rose water; stir into the second part 2 tablespoonfuls cocoa and 1 240 teaspoonful vanilla sugar; add to the third part the yolks of 2 eggs and ½ teaspoonful essence of bitter almonds; leave the fourth part white and flavor it with 1 teaspoonful essence of lemon; take some large, deep jelly cake tins, rub them well inside with butter and dust with flour; put each part of cake mixture into a separate pan and spread the batter smooth with a broad-bladed knife; then bake in a medium hot oven to a delicate brown and well done; lay some clean brown paper or a napkin on a table and dust over some powdered sugar; as soon as one cake is done remove from the oven and let it stand 3 minutes; then turn the pan upside down onto the paper; treat the remaining cakes the same way; as soon as the cakes are cooled off prepare a meringue as follows:—Beat the whites of 5 eggs to a stiff froth and mix them with ½ pound powdered sugar; have ready ½ pound blanched almonds, ½ pound blanched walnuts and ½ pound blanched Brazil nuts; chop the nuts fine; when all is prepared put the cakes together and put the white layer upside down on a jelly dish; spread over the layer ⅓ the meringue and sprinkle over ⅓ the chopped nuts; then put on the dark layer; spread again with meringue and sprinkle with nuts; next put on the yellow layer; spread over the remaining meringue and sprinkle over the nuts; lay the pink layer on top, with the right side up, and cover with the following glaze:—Mix ½ pound powdered sugar with a few spoonfuls red fruit juice or fruit syrup, such as red cherry, raspberry or strawberry syrup; stir the sugar to a thick sauce, set it over the fire and stir constantly until the sugar is lukewarm; then pour it by spoonfuls over the cake; lay blanched almonds and blanched walnuts in a circle around the edge of cake and a few in the center.
— from Desserts and Salads by Gesine Lemcke

Professor O C Marsh
The expedition was to be made under the auspices of Professor O. C. Marsh, of Yale College, whose efforts have secured for that institution the largest collection perhaps in the world of American fossil vertebrates.
— from The Life of a Fossil Hunter by Charles H. (Charles Hazelius) Sternberg

pure or containing more
To prove this, he made a great number of experiments, showing that whenever water, whether pure or containing more or less salt, whether acid or alkaline, is projected upon a metal crucible heated to redness, the evaporation that takes place immediately is accompanied by strong liberation of electricity.
— from Lightning Conductors: Their History, Nature, and Mode of Application by Anderson, Richard, F.C.S.

prosperity of California moreover
For is it not in the power of the God of the beautiful in nature to proclaim thus His appreciation for the heroic charity of one of His servants, especially to strengthen the faith of the sorely tried convert Indians who clung so lovingly to the mission in the days of its trials? Father Junipero Serra's Promise One beautiful summer day while walking about the San Carlos Mission Garden, Junipero Serra pondered over the wonderful progress of California both in the spiritual and material order; filled with joy the good priest blessed the land, and made a solemn promise to celebrate one hundred masses for the future peace and prosperity of California, moreover he promised to begin the fulfillment of his promise on the following November, twenty-fourth, feast of Saint Charles, the patron saint of the mission.
— from Chimes of Mission Bells; an historical sketch of California and her missions by Maria Antonia Field

parcel of cakes Miss
Lisa. Look;" and he showed her the little parcel of cakes Miss Schuyler had left.
— from Harper's Young People, February 15, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

part of Christian mystical
But if there were no fall, then what became of the atonement, of the redemption, of original sin, of a large part of Christian mystical philosophy?
— from The New Revelation by Arthur Conan Doyle

pair of cranks muttered
"They're a pair of cranks," muttered Harry to Dave Darrin.
— from The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock


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