The plant possesses no febrifuge properties.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

After very much Enquiry, I found this Man of universal Loyalty was a wholesale Dealer in Silks and Ribbons: His Way is, it seems, if he hires a Weaver, or Workman, to have it inserted in his Articles, 'That all this shall be well and truly performed, provided no foreign Potentate shall depart this Life within the Time above-mentioned.'
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

If, loving a woman above everything in the world, or at least having a foretaste of the possibility of such love for her, one were suddenly to behold her on a chain, behind bars and under the lash of a keeper, one would feel something like what the poor prince now felt.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

purmalin, purmalína n formalin, k.o. disinfectant solution.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Keenly alive to the tone and manner of this slight and careless mention of his sister’s name in a public place, Nicholas fired at once; but he kept himself quiet by a great effort, and did not even turn his head.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

He walked the streets, in madness or melancholy, with lips moving in indistinct curses, or with eyes upturned in passionate prayer (never for himself, for he felt, or professed to feel, that he was already damned, but) for their happiness who at the moment were objects of his idolatry; or with his glances introverted to a heart gnawed with anguish, and with a face shrouded in gloom, he would brave the wildest storms, and all night, with drenched garments and arms beating the winds and rains, would speak as if the spirits that at such times only could be evoked by him from the Aidenn, close by whose portals his disturbed soul sought to forget the ills to which his constitution subjected him—close by the Aidenn where were those he loved—the Aidenn which he might never see, but in fitful glimpses, as its gates opened to receive the less fiery and more happy natures whose destiny to sin did not involve the doom of death.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

Pyddiad, n. a running out Pyddu, v. to run or spread out Pyg, n. pitch, rosin of pine Pygiad, n. a doing with pitch Pyglian, n. a pitch plaster Pygliw, n. a pitch colour Pyglys, n. the wild fennel Pygwydden, n. a pine tree Pyngiad, n. a clustering Pyngu, v. to teem, to cluster Pyledd, n. bluntness; dullness Pylgiant, n. dawn of day Pyli, n. bluntness; dullness Pyliad, n. a blunting Pylor, n. dust, powder Pyloriad, n. a powdering Pyloru, v. to powder Pyloryn, n. a grain of powder Pylu, v. to blunt; to grow dull Pylliad, n. forming of a pit Pymtheg, n. fifteen Pymthegfed, n. fifteenth Pymthegnos, n. a fortnight Pyn, n. what is in contact Pyna, Pynag, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux[obs3], Nisus and Euryalus[Lat], Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum[Lat]. host, Amphitryon[obs3], Boniface; guest, visitor, protg.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

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

Chicken Pommes Soufflée Alligator Pears Pudding Nesselrode Fancy Cakes Coffee Mrs. E. H. Stotesbury , July 25, 1915: Astrakan Caviar Chicken Broth Cheese Straws Salted Pecans and Almonds Sand Dabs, Tempis Pommes Parisienne Virginia
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

Meantime the State was overflowed, the Levee boards tied up by political chicanery, and nothing done to relieve the poor people, now fed by the charity of the Government and charitable associations of the North.
— from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Volume 2 by Philip Henry Sheridan

The Mounted Police played no favourites.
— from Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by R. G. (Roderick George) MacBeth

he said, glancing round, and seeing his own particular paper neatly folded and lying still on the side table.
— from The Convert by Elizabeth Robins

flagitium et inordinatus furor prefatorum brutorum Animalium cessarunt usque ad duos vel circa citra annos quod veluti priscis temporibus rediere in eisdem vineis et vineto et damna inextimabilia et incomprehensibilia afferre ceperunt ita ut pluribus partibus nulli fructus sperantur percipi possetque in dies deterius evenire culpa forte hominum minus orationibus et cultui divino vacantium seu vota et debita non vere et integre reddentium que tamen omnia divinæ cognitioni consistit et remittenda veniunt eo quod Dei arcana cor hominis comprehendere nequit.
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans

m highest point: Pawala Valley Ridge 347 m Natural resources: miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish Land use: arable land : NA% permanent crops: NA% permanent pastures: NA% forests and woodland: NA% other: NA% Irrigated land: NA sq km Natural hazards: typhoons (especially November to March)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

In rural primary schools the children of agriculturists are exempt because they pay local rate, and others, when not exempt on the score of poverty, pay nominal fees.
— from The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

I have before me a list of six people prosecuted, not for publishing reports of suppressed branches, but for selling them.
— from The Speeches (In Full) of the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and William O'Brien, M.P., on Home Rule, Delivered in Parliament, Feb. 16 and 17, 1888. by William O'Brien

His and her followed by a noun are possessive pronouns: not followed by a noun they are personal pronouns.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

When you know that Zuleika is the Persian poetical name for Potiphar 's wife, on whom and Joseph there is a long poem, in the Persian, this will not surprise you.
— from Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore