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pristine purity restored viz
Now it is that the learned languages are to their pristine purity restored, viz., Greek, without which a man may be ashamed to account himself a scholar, Hebrew, Arabic, Chaldaean, and Latin.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

praeda praeter Rhodanthem virginem
Amor Mystili genibus ovolutis, ubertemque lachrimas, &c. Nihil ex tota praeda praeter Rhodanthem virginem accipiam.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

publiées par Regnault Varin
The author asked the advice of Monsieur Frédéric Masson about these Letters, to which he at once received the courteous reply, "Il faut absolument rejeter les Lettres publiées par Regnault Varin
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

phrases probably represent very
[8] These elegant phrases probably represent very imperfectly the impression produced by Juliette.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

petty Princes ran very
At the Time the Poem we are now treating of was written, the Dissentions of the Barons, who were then so many petty Princes, ran very high, whether they quarrelled among themselves, or with their Neighbours, and produced unspeakable Calamities to the Country 5 : The Poet, to deter Men from such unnatural Contentions, describes a bloody Battle and dreadful Scene of Death, occasioned by the mutual Feuds which reigned in the Families of an English and Scotch Nobleman: That he designed this for the Instruction of his Poem, we may learn from his four last Lines, in which, after the Example of the modern Tragedians, he draws from it a Precept for the Benefit of his Readers.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

political parties rained verbal
Nagpungasì ang mga búka insindiyu sa duha ka partídu sa pulitika, The two political parties rained verbal abuse on each other.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Piratam per rura vagum
64 Note 63 ( return ) [ The poet himself is compelled to acknowledge the distress of Ricimer:— Praeterea invictus Ricimer, quem publica fata Respiciunt, proprio solas vix Marte repellit Piratam per rura vagum.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

pro pronoun rhagenw v
inter, or interj., interjection, cyfryngiad n., noun, enw cadarn pre. or prep., preposition, arddodiad pref., prefix, blaenddodiad pr. or pro., pronoun, rhagenw v., verb,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

poteſſe piu reſiſtere veniria
nepote deto Calonaghapi farebe tucte due ſerianno deL re deſpagnia et ꝓ honnore del ſuo re era ꝓ combatere inſino aLa morte et Quando non poteſſe piu reſiſtere veniria in ſpag a lui etucti li ſui in vno Joncho faceua far de nuoua cõla firma et bãdera reale percio grã tempo era ſuo ſeruitor̃ ne prego li laſciaſſemo algunj hominj acio ogni ora ſe arecordaſſe deL re deſpagnia et non mercadãtie ꝓ che loro non gli reſtarebenno et ne diſſe voleua andare a vna Jſola chiamata bachian ꝓ fornirne piu preſto le naui de [ 256 ] garoſali ꝓ cio nela ſua non eranno tanti de ſechi fucero ſoficientj a carigar le due naue ogi ꝓ eſſere domenicho non volſe contractare
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Paraná puede recibir vapores
La ciudad de Corrientes que ve Ud. aquí, a cosa de [83] mil kilómetros de la desembocadura del Paraná, puede recibir vapores transatlánticos en las épocas de las crecidas periódicas del río.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

predictive prophecies reveals very
This "Bible-reading" in Isaiah's predictive prophecies reveals very clearly the nature of inspiration under the old covenant.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume 1 (of 2) by George Adam Smith

pope persecutes Raymond VI
Innocent III , pope, persecutes Raymond VI of Toulouse, 3 , 400 , 501–2 .
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6) Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work by Heinrich Graetz

post pauca rogauit vt
Et post pauca rogauit vt diceremus benedictionem pro eo, quod et fecimus.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

puff paste rolled very
Cannelons, which are made of puff paste rolled very thin, with jam enclosed, and cut out in long, narrow rolls or puffs, make a very pretty and elegant dish.
— from The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Hugo Ziemann

Pisonia pubescens Ruellia viscosa
(* We found, on the banks of the Apure, Ammania apurensis, Cordia cordifolia, C. grandiflora, Mollugo sperguloides, Myosotis lithospermoides, Spermacocce diffusa, Coronilla occidentalis, Bignonia apurensis, Pisonia pubescens, Ruellia viscosa, some new species of Jussieua, and a new genus of the composite family, approximating to Rolandra, the Trichospira menthoides of M. Kunth.)
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

Philosophy Philosophical Review vol
13-31, 149-160); with Bergson’s criticism in “Subjectivism and Realism in Modern Philosophy” ( Philosophical Review , vol.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

Protestant Prussia redounded very
Among other days of the week, we spent a Sunday in Prague; and a regard to truth compels me to state that the contrast which was presented by the mode of observing the Lord's Day there, to what we had witnessed in Protestant Saxony and Protestant Prussia, redounded very little to the honour of the latter countries.
— from Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig

pie paste rolled very
For two pies line the plates with pie paste rolled very thin.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

promotes plumpness restores vigour
Milk is very nutritious, it produces a full habit of body, and promotes plumpness, restores vigour and freshness, besides possessing the property of calming the passions, and equalising the temper.
— from The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady


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