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prompt put in mind
[cause to remember] remind; suggest &c. (inform ) 527; prompt; put in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind; fan the embers; call up, summon up, rip up; renew;
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

prosperous People is my
That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous People, is my prayer; that these great consequences can only be brought about by the energy and devotion of our Youth is my persuasion.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

proferre pias ignoscite manes
Sed lachrimæ clausistis iter: nec muta querelas Lingua potest proferre pias: ignoscite manes Defuncti, & tacito finite indulgere dolori.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Piers Plowman in Modern
Jusserand's Piers Plowman; Skeat's Piers Plowman (text, glossary and notes); Warren's Piers Plowman in Modern Prose.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Pooh put in Mme
Couture, “you are saying such things——” “Pooh!” put in Mme.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

printed paper into my
But not to this——said he—putting a printed paper into my hand, P AR le R OY .
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

particular plan in mind
He had no particular plan in mind as he did this, but merely felt this was how he would act if only he had finished preparing that great document that was to remove his burden entirely.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

prominent personage is missing
"If the fool newspapers would only wake up to the fact that a prominent personage is missing, and give us the proper space, that might help.
— from Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford

private possession it may
“Our little flag seems to attract a heap of attention,” Buster continued, with a vein of [58] pride in his voice, for that small edition of Old Glory was his private possession, it may be remembered.
— from Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube; or, Four Chums Abroad by Louis Arundel

physical power is merely
It must be confessed, in justice to this consummate philosopher, who is not less masterly in the use of knowledge than unhappy in divination, that the transformation of the highest good into a physical power is merely incidental with him, and due to a want of faith (at that time excusable) in mechanism and evolution.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

paying project it may
As a paying project, it may not be very 27 attractive but as a flood preventive measure, it is the most important task to the whole nation.
— from The International Development of China by Yat-sen Sun

perjured priests in my
On seeing me bathed with tears, he exclaimed, “Cheer up, Mr. Chiniquy, I have the perjured priests in my hands.
— from Fifty Years in the Church of Rome by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy

parts particularly in mining
I have been told that in the more easterly parts, particularly in mining districts, the people are not of so lively, friendly and communicative a disposition as in West Cornwall; but I assume that here, in Bolerium, we get the least mixed, the truer, Cornishman.
— from The Land's End: A Naturalist's Impressions In West Cornwall, Illustrated by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

patronized place in many
Such was Cowan's, the best patronized place in many hot and dusty miles and the Mecca of the cowboys from the surrounding ranches.
— from Bar-20 Days by Clarence Edward Mulford

practical politics it may
Geographers differ somewhat as to what constitutes Arabia proper, but for the purposes of modern practical politics it may be considered as all the peninsula south of a line from the head of the Gulf of Akaba to the head of the Persian Gulf, and consisting of Nejd, the Hejaz, [C] Asir, Yamen, Aden protectorate, Hadhramaut and Oman.
— from Pan-Islam by G. Wyman (George Wyman) Bury


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