With that man in the field, one’s morning paper presented infinite possibilities.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
A word in apposition with the possessive pronoun is put in the genitive: as, meā ūnīus operā , Pis.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
That the British Labour Party issue an official protest against the Soviet Government's inhuman treatment of its political opponents in general and the political prisoners in particular.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster
potueram potuerâmus potuissem potuissêmus F. P. potuerô potuerimus —— —— Infinitive Pres.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
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
Peltinian plain, in Phrygia, ii. 407 .
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo
While hardly more closely knit in structure than its earlier companion pieces, "Poetaster" is planned to lead up to the ludicrous final scene in which, after a device borrowed from the "Lexiphanes" of Lucian, the offending poetaster, Marston-Crispinus, is made to throw up the difficult words with which he had overburdened his stomach as well as overlarded his vocabulary.
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
External perpetual peace presupposes internal peace—peace civil, social, economic, religious.
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant
National Periodical Publications, Inc. (PWH); 15Aug74; R583376. R583377. Superman.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, textiles, petroleum products Imports - partners: Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 78%, Europe 8%, Zimbabwe 6% (1996) Debt - external: $651 million (1998)
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
and says, to gods, In characters illustrious as the sun,— “I stand, the plan’s proud period; I pronounce
— from Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young
“It’s easy enough for another fellow to talk,” said Harry, despondingly, after he had put Philip in possession of his view of the case.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner
I have seldom had more pure pleasure in playing dance music, and I should have been willing it had lasted all day; but it was not long before a sour-faced maid came and said my Lady had sent her to say mademoiselle should be at her studies; and she ran away laughing, yet sorry to go, and dropped a little running curtsey at the door, very graceful, such as I have never seen another person make.
— from Rosin the Beau by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
In all the public places in Paris triumphal arches and mausoleums were erected to him: in the Place du Carousel a sort of pyramid was raised in celebration of him, within which were placed his bust, his bathing-tub, his writing desk, and his lamp.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume I. by Walter Scott
Next in importance as branches of education, and prior perhaps in point of time, come the arts of Reading and Writing .—Speech
— from A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by James Gall
One afternoon crossing the dining-room I heard Miss Jacobus piping in the verandah with venomous animosity: “I don’t know what your precious papa is plotting with that fellow.
— from 'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales by Joseph Conrad
There are few moods of the religious life that are not represented in the Psalms: penitence, intellectual perplexity, domestic sorrow, feebleness, loneliness, the approach of death, the excitement of great events, the agony of persecution, quiet contemplation of nature, each has its word.
— from History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies
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