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paper playfully from Charlotte
Marion snatched the paper playfully from Charlotte.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

proud Paynim forward came
But that proud Paynim forward came so fierce, And full of wrath, that with his sharp-head speare, Through vainly crossed shield ° he quite did pierce, 310 And had his staggering steede not shrunke for feare, Through shield and bodie eke he should him beare: Yet so great was the puissance of his push, That from his saddle quite he did him beare: He tombling rudely downe to ground did rush, 315
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

Pedro Pablo Figueroa Chileno
Pedro Pablo Figueroa ( Chileno ) Amunátegui, Luis (1828-1888) La parte más valiosa que hay en la personalidad múltiple de Miguel Luis Amunátegui
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

psychological power for concentration
By becoming objectified in the deathless office, the princely principle gains a new psychological power for concentration and cohesion within the group, while the old princely principle that rested on the mere personality of the prince necessarily lost power as the size of the group increased.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Promotion prosecution flow conduct
ANT: Promotion, prosecution, flow, conduct, uninterruptedness.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Present Past Future Compound
First Second Third Tense Simple Tenses Present Past Future Compound Tenses Perfect (or Present Perfect) Pluperfect (or Past Perfect)
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

poor persecuted friends could
But I was in no situation to choose, and I gratefully accepted the best that my poor, persecuted friends could do for me.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

pūrē poterat freely could
1. pūrē ... poterat , freely, could speak Latin well .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

POPULAR PLACES FOR COFFEE
[Pg 676] Lyons' "Popular Café," Piccadilly—One of Many Operated Under That Name Palm Court in the Waldorf Hotel—A Popular Resort for American Travelers TWO POPULAR PLACES FOR COFFEE IN LONDON
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

prevent papa from coming
I will prevent papa from coming here when he gets back—but, on the condition that you will help me when I get big.
— from The Triple Marriage by Néricault Destouches

Prabhása Prabhása first cut
When he was fighting with Prabhása, Prabhása first cut asunder his banner, and then kept cutting his bows in two, as fast as he took them up.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

Parinacochas Parina flamingo cochas
It is not surprising that the natives should have named this body of water “Parinacochas” ( Parina = “flamingo,” cochas = “lake”).
— from Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham

people persistently flirting could
It was not more possible to find social isolation in that town than elsewhere, and two people persistently flirting could by no means escape from "the various entanglements, weights, blows, clashings, motions, by which things severally go on."
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

petroleum products foodstuffs construction
Portugal agricultural products, food products, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision instruments, computer accessories and parts, semi-conductors and related devices, household goods, passenger cars new and used, and wine products Puerto Rico chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products Qatar machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals Romania machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, metals, agricultural products Russia machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, sugar, semifinished metal products Rwanda foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material Saint Helena food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts Saint Kitts and Nevis machinery, manufactures, food, fuels Saint Lucia food 23%, manufactured goods 21%, machinery and transportation equipment 19%, chemicals, fuels Saint Martin crude petroleum, food, manufactured items Saint Pierre and Miquelon meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials Saint Vincent and the Grenadines foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels Samoa machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs San Marino wide variety of consumer manufactures, food Sao Tome and Principe machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products Saudi Arabia machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles Senegal food and beverages, capital goods, fuels Seychelles machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals Sierra Leone foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals Singapore machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs Slovakia machinery and transport equipment 41.1%, intermediate manufactured goods 19.3%, fuels 12.3%, chemicals 9.8%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 10.2% (2003) Slovenia machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food Solomon Islands food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals Somalia manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat South Africa machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs Spain machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, measuring and medical control instruments
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

petroleum products food chemicals
Fiji manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals Finland foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains France machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals French Polynesia fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment Gabon machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials Gambia, The foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment Gaza Strip food, consumer goods, construction materials Georgia fuels, vehicles, machinery and parts, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals Germany machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals Ghana capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs Gibraltar fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs Greece machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals Greenland machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, petroleum products Grenada food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel Guam petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods Guatemala fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity Guernsey coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

prevented Paolo from coming
What could have prevented Paolo from coming to the very place chosen by himself?
— from Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Adolf Hausrath

princely progress from California
There was T. B. Aldrich, there was J. T. Fields, much the oldest of our company, who had just freed himself from the trammels of the publishing business, and was feeling his freedom in every word; there was Bret Harte, who had lately come East in his princely progress from California; and there was Clemens.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg William Dean Howells Literature Essays by William Dean Howells


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