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potest pater nisi c
Exhoereditare filium non potest pater, nisi, &c. 15 Such is the subject of the institute, And universal body of the law:
— from The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe

present possession nor conquest
When neither long possession, nor present possession, nor conquest take place, as when the first sovereign, who founded any monarchy, dies; in that case, the right of succession naturally prevails in their stead, and men are commonly induced to place the son of their late monarch on the throne, and suppose him to inherit his father's authority.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Pyrrha Porthmos Nesos Cerinthos
The cities for which it was formerly famous were, Pyrrha, Porthmos, Nesos, Cerinthos 2678 , Oreum, Dium, Ædepsos 2679 , Ocha, and Œchalia; at present it is ennobled by those of Chalcis 2680 317 (opposite which, on the mainland, is Aulis), Geræstus 2681 , Eretria 2682 , Carystus 2683 , Oritanum, and Artemisium 2684 .
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

principle permeating nature called
Pak-cio ( ib. p. 520) which might easily be pronounced by the Greeks like pax means promulgator legis , the divine principle permeating nature (called also, on p. 177, Cencresi ).
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant

pun pakei nak chuchi
[Ambil] dua biji limau purut gantong satu didalam gong betina, dan gantong satu lagi pada timbal ayer mengadap barat tepat, sebab limau poko’ ma’yong: 58 berubat pun pakei, ’nak chuchi perkakas pun pakei limau: di-sebut-nya:— Hei limau purut, limau kak lelang!
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

pot Paeth n concurrence
now, at present Origyn, n. a short space Orlais, n. a time-piece, clock Orn, n. a start; push; threat Ornedigaeth, n. a threatening Ornedd, n. a threatening state Ornest, n. tilting, combat, duel Ornestfa, n. place of combat Ornestiad, n. a combating Ornestu, v. to combat, to duel Ornestwr, n. dueller Orni, v. to start, to threaten Oroï, v. to utter; to be uttering Oroïan, n. a jubilation; joy: v. to shout in triumph Os, conj, if Osai, n. sweet juice; cyder Osg, n. what tends out or from Osged, n. a laver, a bason Osgl, n. a branch; a twig Osglen, n. a branch; a twig Osgli, v. to branch; to shoot Osgliad, n. a branching out Osglod, n. a ramification Osglog, a. branchy, branching Osgo, n. obliquity, slope Osgoad, n. a starting aside Osgöedd, n. obliquity; starting Osgöi, v. to go aslant; to start Osgoilyd, a. apt to start aside Osgyd, n. a laver, a bason Osiad, n. a making an essay Osio, v. to offer to do, to essay Ostid, n. epithet for a shield Ostl, n. an open place; inn Ostr, n. what is spread Ostri, n. display, hospitality Oswydd, n. war-horses; cavalry Ow, n. a breathing out; a moan Pa, n. what is in continuity: a. what Pab, n. a father; a pope Pabaidd, a. papal; popish Pabell, n. tent; tabernacle Pabelliad, n. a fixing a tent Pabellu, v. to pitch a tent Pabi, n. the poppy Pabïol, a. papaverous Pabir, n. rushes; rush candles Pablaidd, a. active; nervous Pabledd, a. activity; vigour Pabliad, n. invigoration Pablu, v. to invigorate Pabwyr, n. rushes Pabwyra, v. to gather rushes Pabwyrog, a. full of rushes Pabwyren, n. a single rush Pabwyryn, n. a bullrush Pabydd, n. a papist Pabyddol, a. papistical Pabyddiaeth, n. popery Pâd, n. what keeps together; what contains Padell, n. pan Padellaid, n. a panful Padellan, Padellig, n. a little pan Padellu, v. to form a pan Padd, n. what keeps a course Pae, n. a constraint; a panting Paeled, n. a spread, a plaster; a scull-cap Paen, n. what spreads; peacock Paenes, n. a peahen; a fine girl Paent, n. paint; colour Paentiad, n. a painting Paentiedig, a. painted, coloured Paeol, n. a pail; a pot Paeth, n. concurrence Paff, n. a lump; a hulk Paffiad, n. lumping; thumping Paffio, v. to lump; to thump Pang, n. a convulsion; a pang Pangiad, n. a convulsing Pangol, a. convulsive Pangu, v. to convulse Paham, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Plwy Plwyf n community
Piogen y coed, a jay Pipgnau, n. chesnuts Pipian, v. to pipe, to pule Pipre, n. a diarrhœa, a lax Piser, n. a jug, a pitcher Pisg, n. a blisters, bladders, pods Pisgen, n. a wheal; a linden Pisgenu, v. to blister; to pod Pisgwrn, n. a pimple, a wheal Pisgwydd, n. linden trees Pisgyrnu, v. to break out in pimples Pistyll, n. spout; cataract Pistylliad, n. a spouting out Pistyllio, v. to spout out Piswydd, n. the dogberry wood Pitan, n. a teat, nipple Pitw, a. minute, petty Pith, n. what is granulated Pithell, n. the fish shaid Pla, n. what breaks out; the plague Plâd, n. a flat piece; a plate Pladren, n. one who flaunts Pladres, n. a flaunting woman Pladur, n. a scythe Pladuro, v. to use a scythe Pladurwr, n. a mower Plaid, n. a side, a party; a partition Plan, n. a ray; a scion, a shoot Planad, n. a shooting off: a meteor Planc, n. a plank, a board Planed, n. a shooting body; a planet Planfa, Planigfa, n. plantation Planiad, n. a shooting; a planting Planigyn, n. a plant, a shoot Planol, a. shooting; planting Plant, n. offspring, children Plantos, n. little children Plantog, a. having children Planu, v. to shoot off; to plant Plâs, n. a hall, a palace Plast, n. what is spread out Plastr, n. a plaister, a daub Plastriad, n. a plaistering Plau, v. to infect with a plague Pledren, n. a bladder Pledru, v. to stretch out Pledryn, n. a slang, a slip Pleiden, n. a hurdle, a wattling Pleidgar, a. factious, partial Pleidiad, n. a siding with; partisanship Pleidio, v. to take a part Pleidiol, a. adherent; belonging to a party Pleidydd, n. a partisan Pleiniad, n. a radiation Plent, n. a ray; a slide Plentyn, n. a child, a baby Plentynaidd, a. childish, babyish Pleth, n. a plait, a braid Plethol, a. plaiting, wreathing Plethbin, n. a bobbin Plethiad, n. a plaiting, a braiding Plethu, v. to plait, to wreath Pliciad, n. a peeling off Plicio, v. to pluck, to peel, to strip Plig, n. a plucking off, a peeling Pling, n. a stripping off Plingo, v. to flay, to strip off Plisg, n. shells, husks, pods Plisgo, v. to shell, to husk Plith, n. the state of being blended Plitho, v. to blend, to be blended or mixed together Ploc, Plocyn, n. a block, a plug Plu, n. feathers, down Pluad, n. a feathering a fledging Pluog, a. feathered, fledged Plucan, n. soft feathers, down Pludd, n. what is flodble Pluddo, v. to render flexible Pluen, n. a feather, a plume Pluenu, v. to plume; to fledge Pluf, n. plumage, feathers Plufol, a. feathering, pluming Plufen, n. a plume, a feather Plufiad, n. a feathering Plufio, v. to plume; to deplume Plw, n. what spreads out Plwc, n. a space, a while; a dear Plwca, n. a spread; a plash Plwng, n. a plunge, a splash Plwm, n. lead Plwy, Plwyf, n. community; a parish Plwyfogaeth, n. parish jurisdiction Plwyfogi, v. to settle in a parish Plwyfoli, v. to render parochial Plwyn, n. maturity; puberty Plwyno, v. to have signs of puberty Ply, n. what is flexible or soft Plydd, a. delicate; limber, pliant Plyddau, v. to render pliant Plyddo, v. to soften; to grow limber Plyddiad, n. a rendering pliant or limber Plyg, n. a double, a fold Plygain, n. early morn, dawn Plygaint, n. dawn, day-spring Plygeiniol, a. dawning; matin Plygiad, n. a doubling, a folding Plygiant, n. a duplication Plygiedydd, n. tweezers Plygol, a. doubling, folding Plygu, v. to double, to fold Plym, n. what agonises Plymol, a. agonising, writhing Plymen, n. plummet; flake Plymiad, n. a leadening Plymio, v. to leaden, to plumb Plymu, v. to cover with lead Po, n. what comprehends: conj.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

pamúu pinamuhúan n compensation
pamúu pinamuhúan n compensation for work done.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

present purposes North Carolina
GENERAL: I have requested by telegraph that, for present purposes, North Carolina be erected into a department, and that you be placed in command of it, subject to Major-General Sherman's orders.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

peculiar personal novel complicated
Doctors came to see her singly and in consultation, talked much in French, German, and Latin, blamed one another, and prescribed a great variety of medicines for all the diseases known to them, but the simple idea never occurred to any of them that they could not know the disease Natásha was suffering from, as no disease suffered by a live man can be known, for every living person has his own peculiarities and always has his own peculiar, personal, novel, complicated disease, unknown to medicine—not a disease of the lungs, liver, skin, heart, nerves, and so on mentioned in medical books, but a disease consisting of one of the innumerable combinations of the maladies of those organs.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

pleasant personal note contained
But the pleasant personal note contained in that morning greeting, the charming tone in which it was delivered, and perhaps, in addition, the great warm patch of melted California gold which lay upon the carpet near my window—these things combined to make me feel awake, alive and happy, at the beginning of the day.
— from Abroad at Home: American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Julian Street

Prince Prigio no cat
“Oh, Frank!” said Prince Prigio, “no cat since the time of Puss in Boots was ever so well taken care of as you shall be.
— from Prince Prigio From "His Own Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang

particular place nor can
But we cannot certainly know that he intends to convert a particular individual, or revive his work in a particular place; nor can we be sure that the particular temporal blessing that we desire is what the Lord sees to be needful for our present necessities.
— from A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Harvey Newcomb

Potamogeton pondweed not common
Potamogeton (pondweed), not common.
— from The Maine Woods The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 03 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau

personal proportion neither can
[Pg 135] a base of numeration that has no agreement with the binary, nor with personal proportion, neither can it have with any proper general system.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

preconceived prejudices not condemning
The only merit of the following journal, if it have any, is the attempt to see things as they are in the Roman Catholic system; to put off all preconceived prejudices, not condemning that which is contrary to what one is accustomed to meet, but endeavouring to understand the principle on which it rests.
— from Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 Of Things and Persons Concerning the Church and Education by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

play proceeds new characters
But every one feels that the interest is weakened and wellnigh lost as the play proceeds; new characters are introduced, the burlesque succeeds the sublime, the original design is forgotten; and when the spectre appears a second time "to whet your almost blunted purpose," his appearance is felt to be as necessary to revive the decaying interest of the piece, as to resuscitate the all but forgotten fervour of the Prince of Denmark.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various

policeman posted near calm
As he left the taxi in front of the dirty brick archway and flight of steps leading to the hall, where he expected to find Palla, he noticed a small crowd of wrangling foreigners gathered there––men and women––and a policeman posted near, calm and indifferent, juggling his club at the end of its leather thong.
— from The Crimson Tide: A Novel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

præcepta patrum nec Christi
Non disceptando aut subtilibus argumentis Vincere, sed ferro mauult sua iura tueri, Pontifices nunc bella iuuant, sunt cætera nuga, Nec præcepta patrum nec Christi dogmata curant, Iactant se dominos rerum & sibi cuncta licere.
— from Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (06 of 12) Richard the First by Raphael Holinshed


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