Precept. — N. precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript, prescription; recipe, receipt; golden rule; maxim &c. 496. rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris[Lat], lex scripta[Lat], act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation; form, formula, formulary; technicality; canon law; norm.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Occasionally, on the other hand, a mere raft ( rakit ) is set adrift, sometimes a small model of the balei (state-chamber), and sometimes only a set of the banana-leaf receptacles called limas .
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Rosarito contemplaba llena de estupor a su primo.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

At the one end of the hall, the one where he was, were judges, with abstracted air, in threadbare robes, who were gnawing their nails or closing their eyelids; at the other end, a ragged crowd; lawyers in all sorts of attitudes; soldiers with hard but honest faces; ancient, spotted woodwork, a dirty ceiling,
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

This singular coffee ordinance was known as the " Déclaration du Roi concernant la vente du café brûlé ", and was published January 21, 1781.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Note 34 ( return ) 34/1 Godbolt, 260. 34/2 3 Colquhoun, Roman Civil Law, Section 2196.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Sallying C. Confident C. Ruffling C. Plump C. Nimble C. Jumbling C. Thundering C. Roundheaded C. Rumbling C. Lechering C. Figging C. Thumping C. Fulminating C. Helpful C. Bumping C. Sparkling C. Spruce C. Cringeling C. Ramming C. Plucking C. Berumpling C. Lusty C. Ramage C. Jogging C. Household C. Fine C. Nobbing C. Pretty C.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

Ring Centipede ( lipan ) 19.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

It is truly a lordly spectacle how this great soul takes in all kinds of men and objects, a Falstaff, an Othello, a Juliet, a Coriolanus; sets them all forth to us in their round completeness; loving, just, the equal brother of all.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

ligue , f. , union, confédération; confédération du parti catholique, fondée par le due de Guise, en 1576, dans le but apparent de défendre la religion contre les calvinistes, mais en réalité pour renverser Henri III.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Hamilton, R. C. Lieut., posted 24/4/18.
— from The History of the 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders by Norman MacLeod

We must admit the harshness and cruelty to which woman, according to the most ancient conscience of the Teutonic race, could lawfully be subjected.
— from Women of the Teutonic Nations by Hermann Schoenfeld

Holding a north-westerly course we met with the Chikosho flowing west, and thence came to the Likombé by a high ridge called Losauswa, which runs a long way westward.
— from The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by David Livingstone

The little army soon reached Fort Loudon, then in a decayed and ruinous condition, like all the wooden forts built during the French war.
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

With all the artifice of a courtier, he recalled certain little incidents, too small, as mere matters of memory, to find a resting-place in the mind, but all of them indicative of the deep impression made, upon him who remarked them.
— from The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Charles James Lever

On the road Count Louis had time to meditate; and he concluded that the Queen knew nothing of his errand.
— from The Hero of the People: A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty by Alexandre Dumas

551-l. Prudence symbolized by the Blazing Star, 506-u. Prudence, the opposite of indolence, represented by Mercury, 727-l. Prussian Knight or Noachite, the 21st Degree, lessons of the, 334-u. Psalms of David indicate a loftier knowledge of Deity than the common, 617-u. Psyche represented the Soul; her suitor was Dionusos, who awakened her, 586-l. Psyche, representing the Soul, had an earthly and an immortal lover, 519-l. Public not a vague abstraction, 198-u. Public Opinion a Force; in free governments omnipotent, 90-l. Public service only justly entered through door of merit, 47-u. Punishment and reward are the satisfaction of demerit and merit, 724-u. Punishment for sins a part of the Masonic Doctrine, 577-u. Punishment of Vice in this life, 101-u. Punishment of wrongdoers without anger or revenge, 75-m. Punishment the occurrence of an effect, 127-m. Purity of heart security for purity of life, 227-m. Purity of no religion continues long after it casts off simplicity, 360-u. Purity of the Initiate indicated by fasting, continence, initiation, 520-l. Purification by air, water and earth; symbols of, 412-m. Purification preparatory to initiation, 431-l. Pyramid, no Hebrew word to designate a, 234-u. Pyramid of Borsippa, near Babylon; seven stages of the, 11-u. Pyramid, the universal symbol of immortality, 633-u. Pyramids and Obelisks consecrated to the Sun and Fire, 460-u. Pyramids built to the four cardinal points, 366-l. Pyramids, firm and unshaken, figured to Masonic judges by a triangle, 826-l. Pyramids of Bal had seven stages of different colors, 234-m. Pyramids represented metaphysics founded on a knowledge of nature, 321-l. Pythagoras a pupil of Zoroaster, 424-l. Pythagoras attached importance to the Science of Numbers, 34-l. Pythagoras became an Egyptian initiate, 365-m. Pythagoras borrowed the Tetractys, 88-m. Pythagoras chose philosopher as a title rather than sage, 626-m. Pythagoras, conception of God by, 285-u. Pythagoras declares "God is One," the Soul of all Beings, the Father, 667-u. Pythagoras, definitions of, 97-u. Pythagoras did not ascribe to numbers any special virtue, 626-l. Pythagoras dwelt twelve years at Babylon studying with the Magi,
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

For his post of Collectorship of the Royal Customs, Lieutenant Goodhouse was especially indebted to the patronage of Colonel Belford.
— from Stolen Treasure by Howard Pyle