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... give two more , the words ' insipid ' and ' astringency ' . For ' insipid ' as an adjective , the OED gives three senses , as follows ( 1 ) ' Without taste , tasteless ' , of which it gives six examples , ranging between 1620 and 1822 ...
... give two more , the words ' insipid ' and ' astringency ' . For ' insipid ' as an adjective , the OED gives three senses , as follows ( 1 ) ' Without taste , tasteless ' , of which it gives six examples , ranging between 1620 and 1822 ...
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... gives evidence of this , and speculates plausibly about the causes of it . ' Hypochondria ' was so much in people's ... give me a pain in the neck . ' ' The hyp ' , as the eighteenth century used the term , was sometimes not far from ...
... gives evidence of this , and speculates plausibly about the causes of it . ' Hypochondria ' was so much in people's ... give me a pain in the neck . ' ' The hyp ' , as the eighteenth century used the term , was sometimes not far from ...
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... give only an idealized image of the common pursuit of truth , since in actuality candour and civility were so wholly lacking in the society of his and Berkeley's time . In The Moralists he wrote : You know too , that in this academic ...
... give only an idealized image of the common pursuit of truth , since in actuality candour and civility were so wholly lacking in the society of his and Berkeley's time . In The Moralists he wrote : You know too , that in this academic ...
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Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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