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prīnceps prīncip mīles mīlit
2. Most nouns of two syllables, like prīnceps ( prīncip- ), mīles ( mīlit- ), iūdex ( iūdic- ), have i in the base, but e in the nominative.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Principal Parts moneô monêre
MONEÔ Principal Parts moneô, monêre, monuî, monitus Pres.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

private person much mole
But when Caius was made Caesar, he released Agrippa from his bonds, and made him king of Philip's tetrarchy, who was now dead; but when Agrippa had arrived at that degree of dignity, he inflamed the ambitious desires of Herod the tetrarch, who was chiefly induced to hope for the royal authority by his wife Herodias, who reproached him for his sloth, and told him that it was only because he would not sail to Caesar that he was destitute of that great dignity; for since Caesar had made Agrippa a king, from a private person, much mole would he advance him from a tetrarch to that dignity.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

pursuer perceived more method
Into a denser gloom than ever Bosinney held on at a furious pace; but his pursuer perceived more method in his madness—he was clearly making his way westwards.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

Phaon Podalirius Melampius Menecrates
Aesculapius his son had his temples erected to his deity, and did many famous cures; but, as Lactantius holds, he was a magician, a mere impostor, and as his successors, Phaon, Podalirius, Melampius, Menecrates, (another God), by charms, spells, and ministry of bad spirits, performed most of their cures.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

public prosecutor M Mifroid
A few weeks later, when the tragedy at the Opera compelled the intervention of the public prosecutor, M. Mifroid, the commissary of police, examined the Vicomte de Chagny touching the events of the night at Perros.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

parting praise More mighty
And if reluctantly the eyes resign Their cherished gaze upon thee, lovely Rhine! 'Tis with the thankful glance of parting praise; More mighty spots may rise—more glaring shine,
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

perchance peradventure maybe may
possibly, by possibility; perhaps, perchance, peradventure; maybe, may be, haply, mayhap.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Puslan pa mang malígù
Puslan pa mang malígù manlúgud gayud, Since I’ve started, I might as well go the whole hog.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

peonies pansies milkwort maids
Close by would be a summer-house standing on four legs, a conservatory, a neglected kitchen garden, with flocks of sparrows hung on stakes, and a cat curled up on the tumble-down well; a little further, leafy apple-trees in the high grass, which is green below and grey above, straggling cherry-trees, pear-trees, on which there is never any fruit; then flower-beds, poppies, peonies, pansies, milkwort, ‘maids in green,’ bushes of Tartar honeysuckle, wild jasmine, lilac and acacia, with the continual hum of bees and wasps among their thick, fragrant, sticky branches.
— from A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Please pardon me madam
Scott neared the place where she stood, and bowing, said: “Please pardon me, madam, I did not mean to intrude upon your grief.
— from Zula by H. Esselstyn Lindley

policy proclaims Mrs Makely
Am I right in supposing that the effect of your economy is to establish insuperable inequalities among you, and to forbid the hope of the brotherhood which your policy proclaims?” Mrs. Makely looked at me as if she were helpless to grapple with his meaning, and, for fear of worse, I thought best to evade it.
— from A Traveler from Altruria: Romance by William Dean Howells

poor pretty Miss Mowbray
Not for worlds would I suggest that his Majesty isn’t an example for all men to follow, nor that poor, pretty Miss Mowbray could be tempted to indiscretion.
— from The Princess Virginia by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Ping pong murmured Merton
The bard went on, ‘A beautiful game, most delightful They play—’ page 337 p. 337 ‘Ping-pong?’ murmured Merton.
— from The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang

Pray pardon me miss
"Pray pardon me, miss" (For he judged by her back she was youthful), "is this Seat engaged?"
— from Three Women by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

passai par Meindelahan Mindelheim
A Lanchperch je quittai la Bavière pour entrer en Souabe, et passai par Meindelahan (Mindelheim), qui est au duc; par Mamines (Memingen), ville d'Empire, et de là à Walpourch, l'un des châteaux de messire Jacques.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt


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