It is partly political, partly a philosophical book, combining two central ideas which challenge and startle the attention, namely, that self-interest is the only guiding power of humanity, and that blind submission to rulers is the only true basis of government.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

In a similar anticipation of life afloat, and in the Bush, Mr. Micawber, instead of helping Mrs. Micawber and his eldest son and daughter to punch, in wine-glasses, which he might easily have done, for there was a shelf-full in the room, served it out to them in a series of villainous little tin pots; and I never saw him enjoy anything so much as drinking out of his own particular pint pot, and putting it in his pocket at the close of the evening.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

pt. pl. , PP; adreynt , pp. drenched, PP; adreint , MD; adrent , S, PP; adreynched , PP.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

SYN: Previous, proemial, precursive, prelusory, antecedent, preparatory.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Phōcæi, Phocæans, Phocæïs, Phocæenses, and Phocenses, i. 235 , 268 , 280 , 375 , 397 ; ii. 2 , 101 .
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Privatangelegenheiten private affairs Privatbank private bank Privatbankier (US) individual banker Privatbesitz private property private Körperschaft private corporation private Krankenversicherung private health insurance private Spareinlage private deposit private Vereinbarung; private Abmachung private arrangement privater Besitz private property privater Sektor der Wirtschaft private sector of the economy privater Verbrauch private consumption privates Darlehen personal loan privates Fernsehen; unabhängiges Fernsehen independent television Privatgespräch private call Privatkonto private account Privatsektor private sector Privatunternehmen privately owned concern Privatunternehmen; freie Wirtschaft private enterprise privatwirtschaftliches Risiko commercial risk privilegiert privileged privilegierte Bevölkerung privileged population privilegierte Klassen privileged classes pro Kopf per capita Probe trial Probeabonnement trial subscription Probebefragung pilot test Probebilanz trial balance Probeexemplar advance copy Probeexemplar specimen copy Probeexemplar; Gratisexemplar specimen copy Probeinterview pretest interview Probelast test load Problem problem Problem lösen solve a problem problematisch problematic Produkt product Produktanalyse product analysis Produktauswahl product choice Produktauswahl range of products Produktenbörse commodity exchange Produktenbörse produce exchange Produktentwicklung development of a product Produktentwicklung product development Produktentwicklungsleiter product development manager Produktgestalter product designer Produktgestaltung product design Produktion production Produktion; Ausbringung output Produktionsablauf production flow Produktionsbestgestaltung production engineering Produktionsdaten manufacturing data Produktionseinschränkung limitation of production Produktionserleichterung facilitation of production Produktionsfaktor factor of production Produktionsfaktoren factors of production Produktionsfaktoren production factors Produktionsgemeinkisten production overheads Produktionsgenossenschaft producers' cooperative Produktionsgesellschaft manufacturing company Produktionsgüter capital goods Produktionsgüter industrial goods Produktionsindex index of production Produktionskapazität production capacity Produktionskosten cost of production Produktionskostenvoranschlag production estimate Produktionskurve production curve Produktionsleistung manufacturing efficiency Produktionsmittel means of production Produktionsmöglichkeiten production facilities Produktionsplanung production planning Produktionsprämie production bonus Produktionssteigerung rise in output Produktionsvorgang; Herstellungsablauf production process Produktionszahlen output figures Produktionszeit time of production produktiv productive produktive Arbeit productive labour produktive Arbeit productive work produktive Bevölkerung productive population produktive Tätigkeiten productive operations Produktivität productivity Produktivität der Arbeit; Effektivität efficiency of labour Produktivitätsfaktor agent of productivity Produktivitätssteigerung rise in productivity Produktmanagement product management Produktmanager product executive Produktprofil product personality Produktprofil product profile Produktwerbung product advertising Produzent producer professionell professional Profite gainings Proforma pro forma Proformarechnung pro forma invoice Prognose forecasting Prognose prognosis Prognose der Einnahmen cash forecast Programm (Br.)
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Preisliste price list Preisnachlass discount Preisniveau level of prices Preisniveau; Preislage level of prices Preispolitik price policy Preisrivalität price competitition Preisrückgang fall in prices Preisschild price label Preisschwankung fluctuation of price Preisschwankung price fluctuation Preisschwankungen price fluctuations Preissenkung cut in prices Preissenkung price cut Preisspanne price area Preisspanne range of prices Preisspirale inflationary spiral Preisspirale price spiral Preisstabilität price stability Preisstaffel scale of prices Preissteigerungsrate rate of price increase Preisstop price freeze Preisstruktur price structure Preissturz slump Preissystem price system Preistendenz price trend Preisüberwachung price administration Preisüberwachung price control Preisunterbieter undercutter Preisunterbietung cutting of prices Preisvereinbarung sales convention Preisvereinbarung; Preisabsprache price agreement Preisvereinbarung; Preisabsprache price arrangement Preisvergleich price comparison Preisverhältnis price relationship Preisverzerrung preis distortion Preisvorteil price advantage preiswert good value preiswert worth the money Preiszusammenbruch price collapse Presse; pressen; drängen press Pressebüro press agency Pressefoto press photo Pressefotograf press photographer Pressefreiheit freedom of press Pressekampagne press campaign Pressekonferenz press conference Pressenotiz news release Pressetribüne press gallery Presseverlautbarung press release Prestigeware prestige goods Prestigewerbung goodwill advertising Prestigewerbung prestige advertising prima super Primärdaten primary data primäre Erhebung field research Primärindustrie primary industries Primawechsel first bill of exchange Primawechsel first of exchange Primawechsel gilt-edged bill Prinzip principle Prinzip; Richtlinie principle Priorität priority Priorität erhalten obtain priority Prioritätsgläubiger privileged creditor privat private privat finanziert privately financed
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Then first came two white doves; and next two turtle-doves; and after them all the little birds under heaven came, and the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began to pick, pick, pick, and picked out all the good grain and put it into a dish, and left the ashes.
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Wilhelm Grimm

s appointed by the president elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 20 October 1996 (next to be held 4 November 2001); note - in July 1995 the term of the office of the president was amended to five years election results: Arnoldo ALEMAN Lacayo (Liberal Alliance - ruling party - includes PLC, PALI, PLIUN, and PUCA) 51.03%, Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 37.75%, Guillermo OSORNO (PCCN) 4.10%, Noel VIDAURRE (PCN) 2.26%, Benjamin LANZAS (PRONAL) 0.53%, other (18 other candidates) 4.33% Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (93 seats; members are elected by proportional representation to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 20 October 1996 (next to be held 4 November 2001) election results: percent of vote by party - Liberal Alliance (ruling party - includes PLC, PALI, PLIUN, and PUCA) 46.03%, FSLN 36.55%, PCCN 3.73%, PCN 2.12%, MRS 1.33%; seats by party - Liberal Alliance 42, FSLN 36, PCCN 4, PCN 3, PRONAL 2, MRS 1, PRN 1, PC 1, PLI 1, AU 1, UNO-96 Alliance 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for seven-year terms by the National Assembly) Political parties and leaders: Conservative Party of Nicaragua or PCN [Dr. Fernando AGUERO Rocha]; Independent Liberal Party or PLI
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

If Peter Piper picked a pit of peckled pippers—" "Oh, don't start that!" begged Nurse Jane.
— from Uncle Wiggily in the Woods by Howard Roger Garis

The Council voted to refuse recognition to Phecolates, Phecolax, Phecozymes and Phecotones as unscientific articles with objectionable names.​—( From The Journal A. M. A., Nov. 21, 1914. )
— from The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)

Propaganda Property relations ( see Laws, Inheritance, Primogeniture) Protectorate Provinces, administration pu-ch'ü , bondsmen P'u-ku Huai-en, general P'u Sung-lin, writer P'u Yi, Manchu ruler Puppet plays Railways Manchurian Railway Rebellions ( see Peasants, Secret Societies, Revolutions) Red Eyebrows, peasant movement Red Guards Reforms; Reform of language ( see Land reform)
— from A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

Infinitives (Present and Perfect) Participles (Present, Past, and Perfect) /chapter CHAPTER II NOUNS CLASSIFICATION—COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNS 54.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

Which obliges them to take him into their own cottages, and entertain him in their hearts, and give him a throne there, but also to endeavour to enlarge his dwelling, and propagate his courtly residence through the world, that the kingdoms of the earth may become the kingdoms of the Lord; and if they cannot get that done, yet that he may have the throne in their mother's house, and take up his abode in the church, or nation they belong to, that there his ordinances be established in purity, peace, plenty, and power, according to his own order; and if that cannot be, but that their mother play the harlot, and he be provoked to give up house with her, and, by her children's treachery, the usurping enemy be invited into his place and habitation, and take violent possession of it, and enact his extrusion and expulsion by law; yet they will endeavour to secure a place for him among the remnant, that he may get a lodging among the afflicted and poor 'people that trust in the name of the Lord——that they may feed and ly down, and none make them afraid, Zeph.
— from A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

How sad, how sorrowfully sad, and what a commentary on what we are ever and anon tempted to call poor, pitiful, prideful, and presumptuous human nature, that Christianity had at that time been more than fifteen hundred years in the world, sitting in high places, and walking with triumphal banners over the earth, and yet neither the princes of the earth nor the rulers of the Church should have retained even a slight echo of that reproof from a mild Master to a zealous disciple, to the effect that no man who knew the spirit of the divine religion which He taught, would ever propose to bring fire down from heaven or up from hell to consume the unbeliever.
— from What Does History Teach? Two Edinburgh Lectures by John Stuart Blackie