A Dictionary of Burning Words

Six hundred pages of the sharpest lines from 'the literature of all ages,' filed by subject — built for orators, preachers and anyone who needs the perfect quotation.

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22 subjects in this part of Burning Words.

Pardon

2 quotations

Parents

3 quotations

Passions

2 quotations

Patience

17 quotations

Patriotism

3 quotations

Peace

16 quotations

Penitence

5 quotations

Perfection

4 quotations

Persecution

2 quotations

Perseverance

5 quotations

Piety

11 quotations

Pity

3 quotations

Poverty

6 quotations

Power

2 quotations

Praise

5 quotations

Prayer

103 quotations

Prayer-Meetings

3 quotations

Preaching

43 quotations

Prejudice

4 quotations

Pride

10 quotations

Procrastination

6 quotations

Profanity

2 quotations

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