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pedem referre cōnātī sunt
3. Tulimus, ferēns, lātus esse, ferre. 4. Cum nāvigia insulae adpropinquārent, barbarī terrōre commōtī pedem referre cōnātī sunt.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Particular races cannot subsist
Particular races cannot subsist if they renounce their savage instincts, but die, like wild animals, in captivity; and particular individuals die when not suffered any longer to retain their memories, their bodies, or even their master passions.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

pensions reparations chaste sports
[689] Rome and Egypt, reserved for the commonwealth; to avoid those heavy taxes and impositions, as well to defray this charge of wars, as also all other public defalcations, expenses, fees, pensions, reparations, chaste sports, feasts, donaries, rewards, and entertainments.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

parts remains constant satisfying
Apart from the varying number of players, the formation of the string group, with its five constituent parts remains constant, satisfying the demands of any orchestral full score.
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

personal risk commonly so
But sometimes, for emphasis, the genitive of the personal or reflexive is used: as, magnō suī cum perīculō , 4, 28, 2, with great personal risk ; commonly so with omnium or utriusque : as, voluntātī vestrūm omnium pāruī , DO.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

precedent reasoning concerning sympathy
It will be easy to explain the passion of pity, from the precedent reasoning concerning sympathy.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

paddy rice curry stuffs
During the Ōnam festival also, they have to give a bow and arrows to every Nāyar house, for which they get some paddy (rice), curry stuffs, a cocoanut, and some oil.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

Porto Rico Cuba Santo
But do not let us ever think of absorbing the Republic; let us guarantee her independence; we do not wish a protectorate; we have too many different kinds of national relations now; Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Nicaragua, and the Philippines make our governmental policy to-day sufficiently complex.
— from Liberia: Description, History, Problems by Frederick Starr

palisades resolutely confronting Simba
So quickly had Simba gained the gate and destroyed it, that all the fugitives were not able to enter the inner inclosure which surrounded the king’s quarters, and a body of them, numbering about fifty, under the leadership of the king’s eldest son, now stood with their backs to the palisades, resolutely confronting Simba and his companions, with heavy spears in their hands.
— from My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley

pour recueillir cette somme
Londres pour recueillir cette somme, et lui a promis alors de lui prêter 12,000f.
— from The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816 by Thomas (Thomas James) Walker

palish red colour soon
An efflorescence of a palish red colour soon appeared about the parts where the matter was inserted, and spread itself rather extensively, but died away in a few days without producing any variolous symptoms [1] .
— from An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Edward Jenner

parts rich chocolate slightly
Upper parts rich chocolate, slightly tinged with olive; lower parts brownish-red, anteriorly tinged with purplish-red, lighter on the middle of the breast, the sides and lower tail-coverts approaching to the colour of the back; upper part of head bright blue, encircled by a band of deep black, broader on the occiput, and very narrow in front; a band of white, under the eye, meeting its fellow on the chin; a broad patch of black on the fore neck, margined with white beneath, and on the sides having a patch of light blue.
— from A Synopsis of the Birds of North America by John James Audubon

perfect righteousness could suit
Nothing but perfect righteousness could suit God, and nothing but perfect grace could suit the sinner.
— from Notes on the book of Exodus by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Poenammoo round Cape South
Range from Cape Turnagain southward along the eastern Coast of Poenammoo, round Cape South, and bade to the western Entrance of Cook's Streight, which completed the Circumnavigation of this Country; with a Description of the Coast, and of Admiralty Bay: The Departure from New Zealand, and various Particulars .
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Robert Kerr

private room calmly surveying
Leaning back against the corner of the mantel-piece by the side of the blazing fire in his private room, calmly surveying those ranged before him, and listening to their tale with an impassive face, was Thomas Ashley.
— from Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles by Wood, Henry, Mrs.


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