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peu persuadés et qu
Jusqu'où les hommes ne se portent-ils point par l'intérêt de la religion, dont ils sont si peu persuadés, et qu'ils pratiquent si mal?
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

pour plaire et quand
{pg 362} Quand on est jeune, on se soigne pour plaire, et quand on est vieille, on se soigne pour ne pas déplaire —When we are young we take pains to be agreeable, and when we are old we take pains not to be disagreeable.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

praeest prodest et qui
Whereas they be like so many horseleeches, hungry, griping, corrupt, [491] covetous, avaritice mancipia , ravenous as wolves, for as Tully writes: qui praeest prodest, et qui pecudibus praeest, debet eorum utilitati inservire : or such as prefer their private before the public good.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

passim proelia erant quae
In medio secunda legio immissa dissipavit phalangem; neque ulla evidentior causa victoriae fuit, quam quod multa passim proelia erant, quae fluctuantem turbarunt primo, deinde disiecerunt phalangem, cuius confertae et intentis horrentes 5 hastis intolerabiles vires sunt; si carptim aggrediendo circumagere immobilem longitudine et gravitate hastam cogas, confusa strue implicantur: si vero aut ab latere aut ab tergo aliquid tumultus increpuit, ruinae modo turbantur.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

populo potestas est quam
Semper enim ex divinis id obstat, Regem honorificato; & qui potestati resistit, Dei ordinationi resisit: non alias igitur in eum populo potestas est quam si id committat propter quod ipso jure rex esse desinat.
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

pis pour eux Que
Et ce sera pire pour les détenteurs de droits, tant pis pour eux… Que fait la mission interministérielle?
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Probablement plus encore que
Probablement plus encore que par le passé, la coopération est
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

prōcessit paulum et quātenus
The neuter quidquid for quidque is not uncommon: as, cum prōcessit paulum et quātenus quicquid sē attingat perspicere coepit , Fin.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

post Panaetium explicatum quod
Neque enim quicquam est de hac parte post Panaetium explicatum, quod quidem mihi probaretur, de iis, quae in manus meas venerunt.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

paper Papier erster Qualität
organisierter Streik organized strike Organisierung organization original original Original original copy Original; ursprünglich original Originalausgabe original edition originalgetreu true to original Originalverpackung original packing Originalverpackung original wrapping Originalwechsel original bill Ort des Kaufs point of purchase Ort des Verkaufs point of sale Ortgespräch local call örtlich; regional local örtliche Handelskette local chain örtliche Kampagne; regionale Kampagne local campaign örtliche Konkurrenz local competition örtliche Zweigstelle local branch örtlicher Handelsbrauch local custom örtlicher Vertreter local agent Ortsgebrauch; örtlicher Handelsbrauch local custom Ortsgebühr local charge Ortsklasseneinteilung locality classification Ortspreis loco price Ortstarif local rate Ortstarif local tarif Ortszeit local time Ortszuschlag local bonus P P.E.R.T. programme evaluation and review technique Pacht lease Pacht; verpachten lease Pachtbedingungen terms of lease Pachtdauer term of lease Pachten; Mieten leasing pachten; Pachtung lease Pächter leaseholder Pächter lessee Pachtgrundstück; Erbpachtgrundstück leasehold Pachtverhältnis tenancy Pachtvertrag contract of lease Pachtvertrag lease agreement Pachtvertrag tenancy agreement Päckchen packet Packliste packing list Packpapier kraft paper Packpapier packing paper Packschein packing note Packung pack Packungsbeilage package insert Packzettel packing slip Paket packet Paket parcel Paketaufgabestelle parcels office Paketpost parcel post Paketpost parcel-post Palette pallet Palette; Stapelbrett pallet palletierte Ware palleted goods Palmöl palm-oil Panik panic Panik; Panik laufen panic Panzerkarton inforced corrugated cardboard Papier paper Papier erster Qualität best quality paper Papier wird ersetzt paper is being replaced Papierabfälle; Makulatur waste paper Papierbeutel; Papiertüte paper bag Papierbogen sheet Papiergeld paper money Papiergröße paper size Papiermühle paper mill Papierstückchen; Papierabfälle; Schnipsel paper shavings Papierverschwendung waste of paper Papierwährung paper currency Papierwerte paper securities Pappe cardboard
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

puppies pauvres enfants qu
Thereupon the counsel for the defendant brings in a litter of puppies, pauvres enfants qu’on veut rendre orphelins , and appeals to the compassion and implores the clemency of the judge.
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans

prend part et quand
VIII HEART OF GOLD As Played at Paris, in the May of 1750 " Cette amoureuse ardeur qui dans les coeurs s'excite N'est point, comme l'on sçait, un effet du merite; Le caprice y prend part, et, quand quelqu'un nous plaist, Souvent nous avons peine à dire pourquoy c'est.
— from Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell

proditores pro eo q
i c t i proditores pro eo q uo d nobis fideliter adhes er ant, exulare coeg er unt, u e l qui impote n tes rabiem eor
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

pueriliter populariter et quam
Hi sunt optimi ad populum concionatores , said Luther, qui pueriliter, populariter, et quam simplicis sime docent .
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

payent pas et qui
Les classes qui payent l'impôt sont parfaitement édifiées sur son compte; celles qui nele payent pas, et qui votent cependant, sont frappées indirectement par l'appauvrissement national et commencent à s'étonner que la République, dont le nom les flatte encore, réponde si mal à leur attente.
— from Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Henry Reeve

propterea perierunt et quoniam
3, 36. prophet Baruch; "Ibi fuerunt gigantes nominati, illi qui ab initio fuerunt statura magna, scientes bellum, hos non elegit Dominus, neque illis viam disciplinæ dedit, propterea perierunt, et quoniam non habuerunt sapientiam, interierunt propter suam insipientiam, &c." that is, "There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of great stature and expert in warre, those did not the Lord choose, neither gaue he the waie of knowledge vnto them, but they were destroied, because they had no wisedome, and perished through their owne foolishnesse.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

plus profond et qu
"Le jeune Satyre qui tient une flûte est trop semblable à celui du Capitole pour n'être pas de même une reproduction de l'un des deux Satyres isolés de Praxitèle, son Satyre d'Athènes ou son Satyre de Mégare; on pourrait croire aussi que le Satyre à la flûte a eu pour original le Satyre de Protogène qui, bien que peint dans Rhodes assiégée, exprimait le calme le plus profond et qu'on appelait celui qui se repose ( anapauomenos ); on pourrait le croire, car la statue a toujours une jambe croisée sur l'autre, attitude qui, dans le langage de la sculpture antique, désigne le repos.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

Privy Purse Expenses quoted
The Privy Purse Expenses quoted above refer to “the Barbaranto hors” and “the Barbary hors,” which are doubtless the same animal.
— from Horses Past and Present by Gilbey, Walter, Sir


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