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patronem rogaturus Cum vix
CHORUS Quid sum miser tunc dicturus, Quem patronem rogaturus, Cum vix Justus sit securus EVIL SPIRIT They turn their faces, The glorified, from thee: The pure, their hands to offer, Shuddering, refuse thee!
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

parlavan rado con voci
Genti v'eran con occhi tardi e gravi, di grande autorita` ne' lor sembianti: parlavan rado, con voci soavi.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

perdition ruin Colledu v
Coegymffrost, n. vain boasting Coegyn, n. conceited fellow Coegynaidd, a. coxcomical Coel, n. an omen; belief, trust Coelbren, n. a record or letter, stick; a ballot stick; a lot Coelcerth, n. a bonfire Coeledig, a credited, believed Coeledigaeth, n. credibility Coeledd, n. credibility; belief Coelgar, credulous, apt to believe Coelgarwch, n. credulousness Coelgrefydd, n. superstition Coelgrefyddol, a. superstitious Coelgyfaredd, n. a curing of disorders by charms Coeliadwy, a. credible; authentic Coelio, v. to believe, to credit Coeliwr, n. a believer; a creditor Coes, n. a leg; a shank Coesgam, a. bandy-legged Coeshir, a. long-legged Coesnoeth, a. bare-legged Coesog, a. legged; shanked Coesol, a. belonging to the leg Coeswisg, covering for the leg Coeta, v. to gather wood Coettrych, n. a grafting stock Coeth, a. ardent; pure, purified Coethaidd, a. tending to be pure Coethi, v. to stimulate, to purify Coethiad, n. stimulation; a refining Coethiedydd, n. a purifier Coethol, stimulating; refining Coethwr, n. a purifier Côf, n. memory; record Cofel, n. a memorial Cofiad, n. a remembering Cofiadur, n. a remembrancer, a recorder, a secretary Cofiadwy, a. memorable Cofiant, n. memoir, record Cofiedydd, n. remembrancer Cofio, v. to remember, to recollect Cofl, n. the embrace; the bosom; the folding of the arms Coflaid, n. what is embraced; a bosom friend; a darling Cofleidiad, n. an embracing Cofleidio, v. to fold in the arms Cofleidiwr, n. an embracer Coflyfr, n. a memorandum book Coflys, n. a court of record Cofnod, n. a memorandum Cofrestr, n. a catalogue, a register Cofrestriad, n. a registering Cofrestru, v. to register Cofrestrwr, n. registrar Cofus, a. memorable; mindful Cofweinydd, n. prompter Cofwyl, n. memorable festival Coffa, v. to remember Coffadwriaeth, n. remembrance Coffadwriaethol, commemorative Coffâu, v. to remember, to record Coffäwr, n. remembrancer Coffâd, n. remembering Coffor, n. chest, coffer Cofftio, v. to gorge, to quaff Côg, n. cook; cuckoo; lump Cogan, n. cup, bowl Cogeiliaid, n. distaff full Cogel, n. distaff, truncheon Cogl, n. club, cudgel Cogor, n. a chatter, trackling Cogwrn, n. knob, crab Còi, n. a peak; a sting; beard of corn; embryo Colaeth, n. a nursing Coledd, n. cherishing Coleddiad, n. a cherishing Coleddwr, n. cherisher Coleddu, v. to cherish Colfen, n. abough, branch Coliog, a. having a sting Colof, n. a stem, prop Colofn, n. pillar, column Colofnaidd, a. having pillars Colomen, n. pigeon, dove Colomendy, n. pigeon-house Coludd, n. the bowels Coluddyn, n. a gut Colwydd, n. neck-bones Colwynydd, n. acchoucheur Colwynyddes, n. midwife Colyn, n. sting: pivot Coll, n. loss, damage; hazlewood Colled, n. loss, damage Collediad, n. a losing Colledig, a. lost; condemned Colledigaeth, n. perdition, ruin Colledu, v. to damage, to injure Colledus, a. damaging, losing Collen, n. hazel; sapling Collfarn, n. condemning sentence Collfarnu, to condemn Colli, v. to lose; to be lost Colliad, n. a losing; spilling Compawd, n. compass Conglfaen, n. corner stone Conglog, a. angular, cornered Congl, n. corner, angle Copa, n. a top; tuft; crest Copog, a. tufted; crested Copyn, n. spider; a tuft Côr, n. circle; close; crib; college; choir Côrach, n. a dwarf, pigmy Côraidd, a. dwarfish Corbed, n. corbel; a jutting Corbedwyn, n. a darling Corbwll, n. a plash, buddle Corbwyo, v. to domineer Corbwyll, n. a slight hint Corcen, n. a spruce girl Cord, n. twist, cord Corden, n. rope, string Cordedd, n. a twisted state Cordeddiad, n. a twisting Cordeddu, v. to twist Cordd, n. a circle; tribe Cordderw, n. dwarf oak Corddi, v. to turn, to churn Corddiad, n. a churning Cored, n. a wear or dam Coredu, v. to form a dam Coreddu, v. to circulate Coreddus, a. circling, rotatory Corelw, n. a reel, dance Coren, n. female dwarf Corfan, n. metrical foot Corfinydd, n. architect Corfran, n. a jackdaw Corfryn, n. a hillock Corff or Corph, a body, a corpse Corffol, a. bodied; corporeal Corffi, v. to body; to take in the body Corffilyn, n. a small thing Corffolaeth, n. a personality, a whole Corffolaethu, v. to personify Corfforaeth, n. corporation Corffori, v. to form into body Corfforol, a. corporeal, personal Corgeimwch, n. a prawn Corgi, n. a curdog Corhwyad, n. a teal Coriar, n. a partridge Còrig, n. a little dwarf Corlan, n. a sheepfold, a pen Corlaniad, n. a folding Corlanu, v. to fold, to pen Còrlong, n. a small pool Corlyn, n. a small ship Corn, n. a horn; a corn; a top; a top of a chimney; roll Cornaid, n. a horn-ful Cornant, n. a brook, a rill Cornbig, n. a sea pike Cornboer, n. phlegm Cornchwigl, n. a lapwing Cornchwiglen, n. a lapwing Cornel, n. a corner, an angle Cornelog, a. angular Cornelu, v. to make a corner Corni, v. to grow horny Corniad, n. a horning Cornicell, n. a reed pipe Cornig, n. a horn; a whirl Cornio, v. to horn; to butt Corniog, a. horned; turreted Cornwyd, n. a pestilence Cornwydol, a. pestilential Coron, n. a crown, a diadem Coronog, a. having a crown, regal Coronedigaeth, n. coronation Coroni, v. to crown Coroniad, n. a crowning Coronig, n. a coronet Cors, n. a bog, a quag; a fen Corsen, n. a bog plant; a reed Corseniad, n. a reeding Corsenog, a. full of reeds Corsenu, v. to reed, to boll Corsfrwyn, n. bulrushes Corshwyad, n. a fen duck Corslwyn, n. a reed bog Corsog, a. boggy: fenny Corswig, n. a gelder rose Cort, n. a cord, a rope Cordyn, n. a cord, a string Corwalch, n. a sparrow-hawk Corwgl, n. a coracle Corwynt, n. a whirlwind Coryn, n. crown of the head Corynrwy, n. a diadem Corynu, v. to shave the crown Corysgwr, n. a radiation
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

petulanter ridet cum vel
Offendicula faciunt transeuntibus in via et petulanter ridet cum vel hominem vel jumentum ejus pedes atterere faciant, et maxime si homo maledictus et calcaribus saevint.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

puede reemplazar con ventaja
—No debemos olvidar que la extensión de su uso en la vida ordinaria se debe al descubrimiento casual de que en combinación con el azufre, la goma se convierte en una substancia dura que puede reemplazar con ventaja y económicamente a la madera, los metales y el papier maché .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

people relaxed c v
Adj. reposing &c. v[of people].; relaxed &c. v.; unstrained.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

proprium repetit cor vulnerat
Sic radius a corde percutientis missus, regimen proprium repetit, cor vulnerat, per oculos et sanguinem inficit et spiritus, subtili quadam vi.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

priest repeats certain verses
In the same spirit it is said that the sun rises east because the priest repeats certain verses ([=A]it.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

paie rent corne vnto
Of the complaint of such poore tenants as paie rent corne vnto their landlords, I speake not, who are often dealt withall very hardlie.
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

perils requiring constant vigilance
Our growing power brings with it temptations and perils requiring constant vigilance to avoid.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Pacific Railway Company vs
* Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company vs. Illinois, 118 U.S. 557.
— from The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States by John Moody

POPULAR RISING CHAPTER V
A POPULAR RISING CHAPTER V. THE CONSPIRACY CHAPTER VI.
— from The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

products rice corn vegetables
Natural gas - proved reserves: 38.23 billion cu m (37257) Agriculture - products: rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish Exports: $130 billion f.o.b.
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

pass round Cape Van
Leave Goulburn Island, and pass round Cape Van Diemen.
— from Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by Philip Parker King

physics Riddle chapter vi
Fechner's psychophysics had already shown that a part of this nervous energy is measurable and mathematically reducible to the mechanical laws of physics ( Riddle , chapter vi.)
— from The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological Philosophy by Ernst Haeckel

picturesque rolling country varied
To eastward is a picturesque, rolling country, varied by hill and dale, field and woodland, with villages or isolated farmhouses nestling here and there in their midst, the brilliant green tint of the foreground melting imperceptibly away into the soft purple haze of the far distance.
— from Peculiarities of American Cities by Willard W. Glazier

P Ranch CHAPTER VI
An Aviator Appears CHAPTER V. At the B. P. Ranch CHAPTER VI.
— from The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Gordon (Adventure story writer) Stuart


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