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With premeditation. Burke.

ity, but the premium and privilege of life, to eat and sleep without any regard to glory. Burke. The law that obliges parishes to support the poor offers a premium for the encouragement of idleness. Franklin.

Pretorian. Burke.

The state or privileges of the firstborn. Burke.

t was a double portion. Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. Burke.

Of those ill-mated marriages. Milton. These institutions are the products of enthusiasm. Burke.

A perfect artist in progging for money. Fuller. I have been endeavoring to prog for you. Burke.

from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden.

A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. Burke.

thee Proof against all temptation. Milton. This was a good, stout proof article of faith. Burke.

"In proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false." Burke.

or"tion*a*ble*ness, n. But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. Burke. Proportionable, which is no longer much favored, was of our [i. e., English writers'] own coining. Fitzed. Hall.

ertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing. Burke. -- Pro*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

m, or party. They were possessed of a spirit of proselytism in the most fanatical degree. Burke.

ng, or cause to come, over; to proselyte. One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize. Burke.

r; archetype. They will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor and prototype. Burke.

ation of a child. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.

Provisional. Burke.

e in a legislative or corporate capacity. I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. Burke.

The quality or state of being prurient. The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper.