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page of desolation

pageant of life


pang of regret


parade of erudition [erudition = extensive learning]


passion of patriotism


passivity of mind


pattern of virtue


peals of laughter


pendulum of opinion


pensiveness of feeling


perils of fortune


period of lassitude


perturbation of mind


perversity of chance


pests of society


petrifaction of egoism [petrifaction = fossilization; paralyzed with fear]


phantom of delight


phase of belief


physiognomy of nature


piece of pedantry [pedantry = attention to detail]


pinions of eloquence [pinions = primary feather of a bird]


pinnacle of favor


pit of oblivion


plainness of speech


play of fancy


plea of urgency


plenitude of power


point of view


poise of mind


policy of severity


portent of danger


power of imagination


precipice of stupefaction


precision of phrase


prerogative of age


presence of mind


pressure of expediency


presumption of doubt


prey of fancy


pride of life


process of effacement


profundity of thought


profusion of argument


progress of events


promptings of reason


propriety of action


provocative of scorn


puff of applause


pulse of life


purity of diction


pursuit of knowledge


puzzledom of life

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