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| irreparably injured |
not capable of being repaired |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:56:44 GMT |
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| without further expostulation |
reasoning |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:56:44 GMT |
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| it soon proved it efficacy |
effectiveness |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:56:44 GMT |
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| studies in alchemy |
chemical philosophy concerned with changing base metals into gold and prolonging life |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:56:44 GMT |
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| more amenable to just authority |
responsive |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:55:09 GMT |
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| writhed in convulsions of pain |
twisted |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:55:09 GMT |
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| transgress not beyond the limits |
go beyond |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:55:09 GMT |
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| month--- apt to be tremulous |
fearful |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:55:09 GMT |
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| albeit wise |
although |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:52:02 GMT |
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| the vileness and blackness of your sin |
evilness |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:52:02 GMT |
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| the unadulterated sunshine |
pure, not mixed |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:52:02 GMT |
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| a dignity of mien |
manner |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:52:02 GMT |
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| sagacity of age |
wisdom |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:51:14 GMT |
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| sergeants--- bearing halberds |
weapon with a blade and a spike on a long shaft |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:51:14 GMT |
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| peradventure the guilty one stands |
perhps |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:51:14 GMT |
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| a snake... wreathed intervolutions |
coilings |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:51:14 GMT |
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| his heterogeneous garb |
mixed in kind |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:50:08 GMT |
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| discerning.. a figure |
perceiving |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:50:08 GMT |
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| in the guise of Roger Chillingwoth |
outward appearance |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:50:08 GMT |
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| satan's emissary |
messenger |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:50:08 GMT |
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| incantations of the davage priests |
recitations of verbal charms |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:49:13 GMT |
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| incurious inspection |
indifferent |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:49:13 GMT |
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| commodiousness of situation |
(archaic) convenience |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:49:13 GMT |
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| parchment-bound folios |
books made with large sheets folded in the middle |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:49:13 GMT |
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| his mind into such affivity with his patient's |
relationship |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:48:01 GMT |
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| this idea was countenanced |
approved |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:48:01 GMT |
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| the nether earth |
lower |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:48:01 GMT |
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| stranger was exemplary |
example giving |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:48:01 GMT |
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| the appellation of Roger Chillingworth |
name |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:47:02 GMT |
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| argument against sundering the relation |
breaking apart |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:47:02 GMT |
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| possessed indefeasible rights |
not capable of being mulled or made void |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:47:02 GMT |
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| her soul, its present depravity |
moral corruption |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:47:02 GMT |
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| the near proximity of the... roses |
nearness |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:43:18 GMT |
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| the human spirit imbibes |
takes in |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:43:18 GMT |
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| temporal and eternal welfare |
pertaining to a limited time |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:43:18 GMT |
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| his public reproof |
scolding |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:43:18 GMT |
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| expatiating on his projected improvements |
speaking or writing at great length |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:42:21 GMT |
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| the exigencies of this new country |
situations demanding immediate attention |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:42:21 GMT |
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| yea, forsooth |
indeed |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:42:21 GMT |
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| pallied aspect |
pale |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:42:21 GMT |
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| more from caprice than necessity |
whims |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:41:30 GMT |
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| pristine simplicity |
pure, incorrupted |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:41:30 GMT |
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| a little ludicrous |
laughable because of obvious absurdity |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:41:30 GMT |
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| a gentle remonstrance |
protest |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:41:30 GMT |
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| a half-obliterated shield |
destroyed, wiped out |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:40:27 GMT |
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| these phantasmagoric cotumely |
drifting succession of things seen or imagined |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:40:27 GMT |
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| stabs of public contumely |
insulting treatment |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:40:27 GMT |
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| iniquity is dragged out into the sunshine |
evil |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:40:27 GMT |
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| a halo... or ignominy |
shame |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:39:19 GMT |
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| evanescent and undescribable grace |
vanishing, fleeting |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:39:19 GMT |
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| sumptuary regulations of the colony |
regulating personal behavior on moral and religious grounds |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:39:18 GMT |
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| a haughty smile |
proud to point of arrogance |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:39:18 GMT |
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| like heathenish adornment |
not acknowledging God of Judaism. Christianity of Islam |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:37:52 GMT |
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| its purport or its volume of tone |
apparent meaning |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:37:52 GMT |
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| boldness and rotundity of speech |
rounded |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:37:52 GMT |
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| any sense of impropriety |
quality of being improper |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:37:52 GMT |
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| infamy and ridicule |
disgrace |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:36:35 GMT |
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| meagre... was the sympathy |
scanty |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:36:35 GMT |
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| solemnity of demeanor |
manner |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:36:35 GMT |
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| augured some awful busness |
predicted |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:36:35 GMT |
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| bearded physiognomies |
faces |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:35:55 GMT |
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| tale of human failty and sorrow |
weakness |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:35:45 GMT |
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| that inauspicious portal |
ill-omened |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:35:45 GMT |
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| something congenial in the soil |
agreeable |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:35:45 GMT |
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| the secret poison of his malignity |
ill will |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:24:32 GMT |
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| in the misanthropy of her own trouble |
hatred of man |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:24:32 GMT |
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| the very contiguity of his enemy |
nearness |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:24:32 GMT |
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| were I an atheist |
one who denies the existence of God |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:24:32 GMT |
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| a spectre that had (appeared) |
ghost |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:23:16 GMT |
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| the letter A, gules |
red |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:23:16 GMT |
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| on a field, sable |
black |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:23:16 GMT |
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| and engraved escutcheon |
shield bearing a coat of arms |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:23:16 GMT |
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| appeared the semblance |
outward appearance, copy |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:15:57 GMT |
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| a potent necromancer |
person with magical qualities, knowledge |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:15:57 GMT |
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| when time sufficed |
met present needs, was sufficient |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:15:57 GMT |
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| crisis of acutest pain |
sharpest |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:15:57 GMT |
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| to find repose |
rest |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:14:53 GMT |
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| so apotheosized by worshipping admirers |
glorified |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:14:53 GMT |
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| transitory stay on earth |
short-lived |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:14:53 GMT |
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| subject languidly reviving itself |
without energy |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:14:53 GMT |
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| a ponderous sobriety |
having great weight |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:13:31 GMT |
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| such a galliard air |
spirited, lively |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:13:31 GMT |
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| chain... surmounted with a feather |
placed above |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:13:31 GMT |
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| effervescence made her flit with bird-like movement |
liveliness |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:13:31 GMT |
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| preternaturally gifted observer |
exceptionally |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:12:17 GMT |
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| betimes in the morning |
early |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:12:17 GMT |
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| gratuitous desire of ill |
unnecessary, unwanted |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:12:17 GMT |
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| the child's paternity |
fatherhood |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:12:17 GMT |
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| a sportive impulse |
full of fun, frisky |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:11:11 GMT |
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| penance might best be wrought out |
shaped |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:11:11 GMT |
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| children... disporting themselves |
engaging in an amusing activity |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:11:11 GMT |
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| process of conjuration |
imagining |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:11:11 GMT |
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| at that epoch |
time, particular period of history |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:10:25 GMT |
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| mutability indicated... the various properties |
changeability |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:10:25 GMT |
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| inscrutable decree of Providence |
impenetrable, puzzling |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:10:25 GMT |
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| the averred |
declared in a positive, dogmatic or formal |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:10:25 GMT |
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| purity.. somewhat sullied |
marred, defiled |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:06:33 GMT |
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| contumaciously assert itself |
rebelliously, stubbornly |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:06:33 GMT |
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| inapportuneness of the occasions |
inconvenience |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:06:33 GMT |
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| so awful and so loathsome |
disgusting |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:06:33 GMT |
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| the insidious whispers |
treacherous |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:03:14 GMT |
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| a diffusion of her shame |
a spreadingout |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:03:14 GMT |
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| all her superfluous means |
extra |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:03:14 GMT |
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| the plebeian order |
common, vulgar |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:03:14 GMT |
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| dames... might gladly have availed themselves |
used to advantage |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:00:50 GMT |
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| an inquisitorial watch |
offensively prying |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:00:50 GMT |
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| and so, perchance |
perhaps |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:00:50 GMT |
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| a kind of lurid triumph |
sensational |
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evaweintraub Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:00:50 GMT |
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