ANOINTING WITH OIL OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN THE custom and ceremony of anointing with oil by way of imparting some fancied spiritual power and religious qualification seems to have been extensively practiced by the Jews and primitive Christians, and still more anciently by various oriental nations.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Also am I not well rewarded when I fought with the good knight Sir Palomides and rescued Queen Isoud from him; and at that time King Mark said afore all his barons I should have been better rewarded.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Preithio, v. to practise Prelad, n. a prelate Pren, n. a tree, a timber Prenfol, n. a wooden chest Prenial, n. a coffer, a shrine Prenio, v. to timber; to bar Prenol, n. a busk of stays Prensaer, n. a carpenter Pres, n. what is quick, sharp, or smart; haste; brushwood; fuel; anything streweed; a crib; a place of resort; brass: a. quick, hasty; sharp, over-running, frequent; present Preseb, n. a crib, a stall Presel, a place over-run; a brake Preseliad, n. a yielding of brakes Preselu, v. to be over-run of foul Preselyn, n. a brake, a thicker Presen, n. the present; this wife Presenol, a. imminent; present Presenoldeb, n. presence Presenu, v. to make present Present, n. a present state Presiad, n. a hastening: a frequenting Presol, a. imminent; quick Prest, n. quickness, smartness Prest, a. ready, quick; soon Prestl, a. ready, smart fluent Prestlaidd, a. apt to prattle Presu, v. to hasten; to frequent Preswyl, n. a being present or ready; a tarrying; habitation Preswylfa, n. a place of residence Preswylfod, n. a dwelling place Preswyliad, n. a residing Preswyliaeth, n. habitation Preswylio, v. to fix an abode Preswyliog, a. having resort Preswylydd, n. an inhabitant Pric, n. a stick; a broach Prid, n. price, value; ransom: a. valuable, precious, dear Pridiad, n. a setting a price Pridiant, n. a ransoming Pridio, v. to set a price to ransom Pridiol, a. equivalent; redeeming Pridioldeb, n. mould, earth, soil, a tile Priddell, n. a mass of earth, a clod; Priddell, a. consisting of masses of earth; glebous Priddelydd, n. a tile maker Pridden, n. an earthen vessel Priddfaen, n. a brick; a burnt tile Priddgalch, n. calcareous earth Priddgist, n. potter’s clay Priddiad, n. a doing with earth Priddin, a. of earth, earthen Priddlestri, n. earthen ware Priddlyd, a. mixed with earth Priddlydu, v. to become earthy Priddo, v. to earth; to cover with earth; to become earth Priddol, a. of mould, of earth Prif, a. prime, principal, chief Prifachos, n. primary cause Prifansawdd, n. primary quality Prifardd, n. a primitive bard Prifder, n. primeness; origin Prifddinas, n. a metropolis Prifiad, n. a thriving, a growing Prifio, v. to thrive, to grow up Prifles, n. a chief good Priflys, n. a supreme court Prifnawd, n. original habit Prifnod, n. prime point; epoch Prifoed, n. a primitive age Prifran, n. primary division Prifred, n. primary course Prifsymudai, n. prime mover Prifwyd, n. a chief sin Prifysgol, n. a primary school Priffordd, n. a high road Prill, n. a little brook, a rill Prin, n. what is of slight trace, a. scarce, rare, scant, spare:
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

It then ceases feeding, attaches itself firmly to some point, and remains quiet for a time.
— from The Butterfly Book A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America by W. J. (William Jacob) Holland

In any account of the reigns of the first two sovereigns of the House of Stewart political and religious questions of primary significance thrust themselves into the foreground of a picture full of deepening dramatic interest, with the result that other questions, apparently subordinate but in reality closely bound up with the national destinies, have been either relegated to the background or wholly overlooked and neglected.
— from Anglo-Dutch Rivalry During the First Half of the Seventeenth Century being the Ford lectures delivered at Oxford in 1910 by George Edmundson

It was a bold challenge, and sincerely he rued his rashness, when, raising herself haughtily, she answered in a tone that made his cheeks tingle: "Unfortunately your countrywoman has not studied human nature so superficially as to fail to comprehend the snares and pitfalls which men's egregious vanity sometimes spring prematurely; and rumour quotes me aright, in proclaiming me a recluse when the curtain falls and the lights are extinguished.
— from Infelice by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

Celui qui reçoit ses amis, et ne donne aucun soin personnel au repas qui leur est préparé, n’est pas digne d’avoir des amis.
— from The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

The spear flew hissing over the heads of the priests, and there, where the beating of the heart was visible on the left side of the monster, beneath its hard, scaly skin, the spear penetrated, and remained quivering in its heart.
— from Tales From Jókai by Mór Jókai

Sitting on deck, gently swaying with the ship's motion, watching seabirds, looking at approaching squalls [343] or tossing in stress of tropic storms, proved a restful quiet for my fevered consciousness.
— from Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Levi Jackson Hamilton

A good rule for pie crust for a pie requiring only an under crust, as a custard or pumpkin pie, is: Three large tablespoonfuls of flour sifted, rubbing into it a large tablespoonful of cold butter, or part butter and part lard, and a pinch of salt, mixing with cold water enough to form a smooth, stiff paste, and rolled quite thin.
— 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

He was looked up to as an authority, not only on nautical matters, but social, political and religious questions were well within his grasp.
— from The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter Runciman, Baron