Thus Mrs. Bute sent guinea-fowls, and some remarkably fine cauliflowers, and a pretty purse or pincushion worked by her darling girls, who begged to keep a LITTLE place in the recollection of their dear aunt, while Mr. Pitt sent peaches and grapes and venison from the Hall.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

oppugnō, oppugnāre, oppugnāvī, oppugnātus , storm, assail petō, petere, petivi or petiī, petītus , aim at, assail, storm, attack; seek, ask (petition) pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus , place, put (position); castra pōnere , to pitch camp possum, posse, potuī , ——, be able, can (potent), with the infin.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

And there will be unity where there are no private pleasures or pains or interests—where if one member suffers all the members suffer, if one citizen is touched all are quickly sensitive; and the least hurt to the little finger of the State runs through the whole body and vibrates to the soul.
— from The Republic by Plato

V. cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure &c. 827.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Altera autem est urbs 15 Syracusis, cui nomen Achradina est: in qua forum maximum, pulcherrimae porticus, ornatissimum prytaneum , amplissima est curia, templumque egregium Iovis Olympii.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

That which most commonly causes this is, the prevalency of some present pleasure or pain, heightened by our feeble passionate nature, most strongly wrought on by what is present.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

These concepts are therefore the a priori principles of possible experience.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

[5] Freneau began a play, "The Spy" (Pattee, "Poems of Philip Freneau"), in which André was a character.
— from André by William Dunlap

nearest [159] the door a pathway opened, and in came four peasants playing on pipes and flutes and flageolets a quaint old air made up nearly three hundred years before by good King René for just such a ceremony as was to follow.
— from Troubadour Tales by Evaleen Stein

If any member of the General Assembly shall give his vote or influence for or against any measure or proposition pending in such General Assembly, or offer, promise or assent so to do, upon condition that any other member will give or will promise or assent to give his vote or influence in favor of or against any other measure or proposition pending or proposed to be introduced in such General Assembly, or in consideration that any other member hath given his vote or influence for or against any other measure or proposition in such General Assembly, he shall be deemed guilty of bribery, and any member of the General Assembly, or person elected thereto, who shall be guilty of either of 83 such offenses shall be expelled, and shall not be thereafter eligible to the same General Assembly; and, on the conviction thereof in the civil courts, shall be liable to such further penalty as may be prescribed by law.
— from The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado Comprising the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Colorado. Also, Chronological Table of American History, Lists and Tables for Reference, Biographies, Etc. by Thomas B. Corbett

As the jury hears the manifold evidence as to the facts, and then makes up its mind thereon and decides the Question of Fact, often rejecting the opinion of various witnesses, as ignorant, partial, prejudiced, or plainly false and forsworn; so will the jury hear the manifold and often discrepant evidence as to the law, and then make up their mind thereon and decide the Question of Law, often rejecting the opinion of various witnesses thereupon ignorant, partial, prejudiced, or plainly false an
— from The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker

Free and peaceful elections in 1999 resulted in a government led by an Indo-Fijian, but a coup in May of 2000 ushered in a prolonged period of political turmoil.
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Termed thus on account of oxen having their noses in the grass when grazing; —— de poche , pistol , or “pops.”
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

Pleura : plural of pleuron or pleurum: the lateral sclerites between the dorsal and sternal portion of the thorax: in general, the sides of the body between the dorsum and sternum.
— from Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John Bernhard Smith

FOOTNOTES: [1] The name is sometimes Phanerogamous , sometimes Phænogamous ( Phanerogams , or Phænogams ), terms of the same meaning etymologically;
— from The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

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— from Return to Pleasure Island by Cory Doctorow

Fill 75 the eye socket with plaster paris or putty, and set the eye in the proper position.
— from Barbers' Manual (Part 1); Text Book on Taxidermy (Part 2) by T. J. McConnaughay