3480 land
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3481 everything else
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3482 nutritional
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3483 evening
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3484 dines
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3485 flowing as sweet as honey
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3486 on earth, in the Garden of Eden
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3487 fussy
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3488 food
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3489 so far as one can judge
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3490 in mist = blurred (as an immaterial object)
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3491 interpretation, explanation
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3492 [bisyllabic]
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3493 see footnote 200, above
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3494 to turn corporeal to incorporeal, i.e., to make spiritual that which was material
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3495 is excessive, superfluous
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3496 is emitted/breathed/vaporized (i.e., passes through their “bodies,” is excreted)
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3497 lower-ranking, merely experimentally oriented (rather than the higher, theoretically oriented)
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3498 as from = just as if it had come from
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3499 served
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3500 filled to overflowing
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3501 unlustful, unlecherous
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3502 food
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3503 i.e., their natures
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3504 conversation, meeting [trisyllabic, second accented]
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3505 splendid radiance
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3506 careful
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3507 shaped, articulated
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3508 condescended
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3509 member of the hierarch (order) of angels [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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3510 perverted, corrupted
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3511 earliest (primeval)
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3512 invested, supplied
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3513 upward jumps
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3514 completed, perfected, supreme
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3515 elevated, refined, purified
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3516 complete instantaneous knowledge requiring no prior thought
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3517 unsuitable, inappropriate
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3518 duration
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3519 He whose
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3520 offspring
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3521 of what
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3522 gracious, helpful
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3523 added, annexed
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3524 lack
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3525 listen, follow me closely/carefully
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3526 remain firm/steady
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3527 hereby notified, warned
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3528 complete
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3529 unalterable
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3530 from which one cannot extricate oneself
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3531 tested
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3532 must will
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3533 guarantee
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3534 [noun]
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3535 ancestor, forefather
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3536 command, single = single command
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3537 raise, stir up
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3538 narrative
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3539 dedicated
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3540 ample, abundant
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3541 daylight hours (since the angel has said, in line 376, that he will stay on earth “till evening rise”)
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3542 region, encircling band
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3543 impose on
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3544 first, original
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3545 sober, serious
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3546 regretful remembrance
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3547 finally, last of all
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3548 permitted
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3549 sketch, draw, portray
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3550 for men, a foreshadowing
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3551 calculated by Plato, in his Republic, as approximately thirty-six thousand years (i.e., when all the heavenly bodies have returned to their created starting points)
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3552 celestial
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3553 archangels
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3554 banners, flags
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3555 military banner or flag
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3556 banners with tails/streamers, suspended from a crossbar rather than a pole
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3557 front, foremost
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3558 for distinction serve = used in order to distinguish
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3559 fabric, cloth
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3560 inscribed
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3561 [trisyllabic, second accented]
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3562 prominently
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3563 enclosed
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3564 as if
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3565 offspring
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3566 unrevoked shall stand = shall stand unrevoked (not rescinded/annulled/withdrawn, etc.)
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3567 called into being
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3568 he whom
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3569 acknowledge, avow
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3570 gerent = ruler, manager
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3571 swallowed, buried
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3572 fixed stars
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3573 elliptical, irregular
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3574 interwound
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3575 frees from difficulties, invests with calm/placidity
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3576 harmony divine’s
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3577 musical intervals
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3578 delightful
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3579 [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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3580 produce, product
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3581 inclining, resting
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3582 fellowship, sharing
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3583 drink deeply of
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3584 secure of = safe from
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3585 limits
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3586 abundant
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3587 (1) celestial, (2) divinely fragrant
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3588 pleasing, agreeable
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3589 (1) rose-colored, (2) rose-scented
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3590 inclined, prepared
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3591 spherical, globular
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3592 (1) constantly flowing, (2) refreshing
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3593 a kind of large tent
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3594 tents
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3595 turn, customary practice
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3596 among
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3597 filled
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3598 lessened
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3599 leave one’s place of lodging (break camp)
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3600 Beelzebub
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3601 if you
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3602 in the habit of
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3603 make known, communicate
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3604 both waking = both of us awake
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3605 disagree, be at variance
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3606 countless numbers
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3607 the chief = the best part
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3608 I am to haste…homeward = I will hurry…home
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3609 (1) swift, (2) literally flying (through the air)
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3610 hold, occupy
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3611 (1) headquarters, (2) regions
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3612 angelic orders
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3613 insinuated
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3614 [trisyllabic, second accented]
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3615 Beelzebub
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3616 separately
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3617 “He calls together, or else speaks to them separately, or one by one”
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3618 controlling, governing
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3619 under him Regent = which were Regents under him
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3620 freed
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3621 ensign of the hierarchy
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3622 test
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3623 corrupt
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3624 familiar
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3625 command, will, right
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3626 person with great and independent power, a ruler
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3627 rank
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3628 charmed, tempted
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3629 the most hidden
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3630 particularly
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3631 of long standing
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3632 consider, reflect
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3633 peril
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3634 inexpressible
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3635 safe
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3636 commotions, agitations
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3637 makes illustrious
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3638 put an end to, suppress, destroy
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3639 matter to me of glory…to quell their pride
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3640 in event = in the occurrence
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3641 adroit, skillful
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3642 with
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3643 [five syllables, second and fourth accented]
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3644 the nine angelic orders were at one time said to be divided into three sub-groupings
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3645 having the form of a globe
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3646 stretched into longitude = stretched lengthwise
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3647 territories, bounds
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3648 explained, translated
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3649 claiming, feigning
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3650 false, slanderous
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3651 having the name, but not the reality
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3652 collected
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3653 artificial representation, copy, counterpart, portrait
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3654 raise
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3655 well consist = are consistent
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3656 perversion, corruption, misuse
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3657 check
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3658 “to boil”
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3659 stringent, rigorous
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3660 flowing
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3661 speaking evil
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3662 invested
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3663 fit, proper, owed
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3664 acknowledge, avow
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3665 uninherited
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3666 marked out the limits of
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3667 careful
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3668 inclined
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3669 nearly
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3670 to be unjust
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3671 dimmed, darkened
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3672 these others
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3673 pacify, mollify
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3674 in time = if in time
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3675 ardent, intensely earnest
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3676 out of season = inopportune, unseasonable, not at the right time
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3677 just him
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3678 hasty, impetuous
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3679 second-best, second-class, subsidiary, auxiliary
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3680 unfamiliar
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3681 life-giving, animating
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3682 destined, fated
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3683 complete
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3684 celestial
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3685 power
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3686 the act of addressing someone
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3687 surround
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3688 (1) flee, (2) fly on wings
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3689 “hoarse murmur echoed applause to his words”
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3690 estranged
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3691 settled, decided
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3692 luckless
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3693 lenient
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3694 bestowed, conferred
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3695 crush, smash
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3696 advise me (to leave)
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3697 (1) dedicated (to evil), (2) doomed
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3698 overhanging, imminent
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3699 distinguish not = not distinguish between you and me
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3700 worked
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3701 alone
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3702 [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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3703 returned, cast back
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3704 machines, mechanical devices
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3705 fearless
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3706 Abdiel
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3707 open country
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3708 fast by = very near
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3709 reside
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3710 go away
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3711 pleasing
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3712 mutation
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3713 obedient, dutiful
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3714 as it is
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3715 celestial
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3716 brightly shining
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3717 [when all the plain (lines 15 ff.) = subject; met his view (line 18) = verb]
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3718 Abdiel’s
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3719 readiness, preparation
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3720 countless numbers
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3721 pre sent him [verb, in the present tense]
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3722 valued, good
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3723 incorrect, wicked
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3724 remains to
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3725 [verb]
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3726 cliff edge
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3727 lowest region of Hades/Hell
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3728 writhing
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3729 fear, awe, reverence
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3730 were drawn up for battle
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3731 square formation
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3732 and neither
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3733 obstructing
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3734 constricting
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3735 quiescent, unresisting
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3736 quick
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3737 race, species
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3738 Adam
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3739 stretch/extent of land, region
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3740 earth
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3741 border
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3742 ready/eager for battle [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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3743 on nearer view
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3744 upright beams = the upright poles
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3745 crowded
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3746 statements, slogans, arguments
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3747 painted, adorned
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3748 wild, mad
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3749 speed
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3750 thought, expected
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3751 foolish
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3752 “when they were halfway there”
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3753 hostile encounter
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3754 wont to = usually
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3755 like-minded
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3756 descended
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3757 fearful, terrible
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3758 open space
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3759 darkened by ignorance, anger, etc.
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3760 foremost part
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3761 bristling
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3762 loyalty, devotion, honesty [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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3763 (Abdiel, not Satan, is trusting in God)
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3764 test, probe
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3765 savage
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3766 [second syllable accented]
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3767 wicked, dirty, offensive
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3768 (1) obstruction, obstacle, (2) confrontation
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3769 is Abdiel incensed at Satan? or Satan at Abdiel?
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3770 Satan
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3771 submerged, buried, completely covered
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3772 (1) course, (2) following
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3773 those who
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3774 misguided, mistaken
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3775 party
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3776 a few
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3777 principal, great
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3778 (1) sideways, (2) askew, asquint
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3779 rebelling
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3780 (1) assault, (2) test
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3781 (1) free, (2) claim
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3782 reward
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3783 result, outcome
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3784 slaughter
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3785 corrupt
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3786 command
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3787 enslaved
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3788 wickedly, basely
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3789 serving
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3790 censure, reproach
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3791 commands
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3792 heraldic device on the top of his helmet
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3793 violent speed
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3794 injury, damage
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3795 “ten large paces”
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3796 held up
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3797 discomfited, overthrown
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3798 [trisyllabic]
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3799 [trisyllabic?]
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3800 vastness
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3801 in wonder/amazement
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3802 met, now engaged in combat
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3803 made a harsh, clashing sound
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3804 frenzied, turning furiously
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3805 brasslike, brass-hard
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3806 horrible, dreadful
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3807 spears, javelins, arrows
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3808 covered
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3809 canopy
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3810 armies
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3811 mighty
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3812 tumultuous conflagration
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3813 controlled, ruled against
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3814 of such numbers
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3815 split into factions, discordant
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3816 battle lines
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3817 fierce, cruel
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3818 as if
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3819 cause, influence, turning point
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3820 mighty, vigorous
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3821 shaking, stirring
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3822 battling
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3823 marvelous, amazing
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3824 disorderly
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3825 motion, force
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3826 frightful
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3827 set in opposition, put in the way
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3828 left off
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3829 internal
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3830 quantity, degree, proportion
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3831 spiritual/mental peace
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3832 borders
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3833 puts up with
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3834 join together
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3835 quarrels
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3836 negotiate
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3837 parley
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3838 readied
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3839 visible
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3840 side, direction
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3841 most dense
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3842 space, room
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3843 (1) wind, (2) violence
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3844 bearing, relative position
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3845 destroy one another?
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3846 settle/put an end to/decide/resolve
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3847 advantage
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3848 blocking, parrying
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3849 completely
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3850 divided
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3851 coiling, twisting
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3852 piercing
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3853 breaking the organic continuity of Satan’s bodily substance
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3854 fluid, essence
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3855 bloody
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3856 withdrawn
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3857 files of war = rows/ranks of fighters
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3858 outrage, anger
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3859 disgrace
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3860 kidneys
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3861 except
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3862 similar [adjective]
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3863 troops serving under a single ensign/banner/flag
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3864 ranks
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3865 soon, at once
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3866 unfamiliar, never experienced
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3867 of the army: military formation
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3868 their: i.e., each of them vanquished “his” boasting opponent
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3869 boasting
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3870 Assyrian sun god
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3871 Asmodeus, the demon in the Apocryphal Book of Tobit: see Book 4, line 168, above
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3872 third of the nine angelic orders
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3873 inferior, lower
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3874 cut, hacked
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3875 “lion of God”
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3876 a Spirit of revenge; Arioch is mentioned in Genesis 14:1 as a “king of Ellasar”
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3877 “exaltation of God”—although in the Apocryphal Book of Enoch, Ramiel’s lustfulness with mortal women causes him to fall from Heaven
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3878 judgment, sentence
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3879 that which is just
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3880 unworthy
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3881 dishonor, disgrace
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3882 fate, destiny
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3883 crushed
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3884 changed
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3885 raid
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3886 stuck, stabbed, pierced: i.e., into the rebel ranks
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3887 hideous
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3888 spiritless, feeble
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3889 ashen
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3890 attacked, captured
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3891 unable to be violated/broken/injured [five syllables, second and fourth accented]
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3892 close-packed battle array, sixteen-man-deep square, perfected by the Romans
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3893 as a whole
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3894 not exposed/liable
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3895 hateful
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3896 victorious, dominant
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3897 around
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3898 red
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3899 side
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3900 gone away
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3901 devoid
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3902 claim
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3903 seek, aim at
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3904 uncertain
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3905 disdained
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3906 celestial
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3907 ponder
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3908 effective, technically perfect
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3909 an Assyrian deity
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3910 fifth of the nine angelic orders
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3911 principal, first
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3912 fatigued
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3913 split, cracked open
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3914 weapons, armor
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3915 destruction
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3916 darkened
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3917 countenance, face
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3918 invulnerable
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3919 vanquished, crushed
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3920 weak
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3921 dispense with
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3922 complain
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3923 find, discover, produce
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3924 attack
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3925 correctly
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3926 important
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3927 composed of ether or similar celestial material [trisyllabic, second accented, “-eous” elided]
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3928 ground
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3929 only seeing the surface (an erudite pun)
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3930 think
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3931 foam
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3932 modified, worked
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3933 surrounding
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3934 birthplace
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3935 stuffed
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3936 aperture, hole
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3937 (1) distended, amplified, enlarged, (2) spread abroad
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3938 (1) opposite, (2) hostile
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3939 accomplishment
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3940 countenances
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3941 lit up, illuminated
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3942 drooping
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3943 perhaps
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3944 contrivance
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3945 similar
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3946 original elements
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3947 mixed
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3948 arranged, systematized
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3949 granules
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3950 some of them
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3951 melt and mold, build
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3952 missive ruin = missilelike destruction
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3953 kindling
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3954 swift
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3955 conscious Night = Night, aware of what they were doing
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3956 caution
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3957 bright
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3958 armor
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3959 gleaming, radiant, resplendent
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3960 army
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3961 joined/formed into a company
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3962 discover
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3963 “spy of God”
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3964 sober, serious, firm
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3965 confident [adjective, modifying “resolution”]
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3966 buckle
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3967 level, horizontal
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3968 can predict
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3969 the call to arms
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3970 in battle order
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3971 slow
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3972 massive
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3973 of great size
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3974 pulling
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3975 surrounded, enclosed
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3976 their face-to-face meeting
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3977 open
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3978 agreement, settlement
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3979 opening, revelation
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3980 obstinate
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3981 at once
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3982 bring forward
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3983 forms
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3984 opening, aperture
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3985 uncertain, doubtful
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3986 staring, puzzled
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3987 vent = hole, here the “touch-hole”
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3988 most precise, delicate
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3989 vomited
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3990 filled
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3991 enormous
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3992 overflowing amount
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3993 violent, forceful, rapid
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3994 because of
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3995 armor
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3996 scattering
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3997 loosen, open
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3998 pressed close together
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3999 ranks
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4000 unseemly
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4001 discharge, explode
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4002 volley
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4003 frolicking
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4004 amazed
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4005 overthrew
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4006 (1) comprehend, (2) be supported (“stand under”)
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4007 excited
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4008 the angels
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4009 located
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4010 swiftly/easily
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4011 [prosodically, “When coming towards them so dread they saw”]
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4012 thrown, so as to cover
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4013 attacked, intruded upon
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4014 great, solid
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4015 headlands
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4016 weighed down, crushed
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4017 distended
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4018 inexorable
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4019 hurling, throwing
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4020 horrible
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4021 disaster, wreck, ruin
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4022 judicious, deliberate
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4023 associate, sharer
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4024 radiance
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4025 sentence, judgment
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4026 hold out
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4027 the whole, the rest of Heaven
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4028 tolerated, allowed
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4029 poured, instilled
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4030 wicked, stubborn
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4031 disturbance, sedition
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4032 curbed, checked
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4033 anointing
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4034 as likes them = as they please
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4035 beyond the power of words
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4036 consider, value
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4037 serpent, snake
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4038 purified
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4039 undreamed
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4040 innate
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4041 carried, conveyed
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4042 racing
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4043 i.e., resembling a shower
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4044 the heavens
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4045 the jewels on the high priest Aaron’s breastplate: see Exodus 28:30
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4046 pouring-out
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4047 flashing, glistening, quivering
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4048 exalted
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4049 luminous, gleaming
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4050 drew/led back
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4051 diffused around
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4052 leader
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4053 united
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4054 withdrew
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4055 dutiful, obedient
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4056 usual, habitual, familiar
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4057 unlucky
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4058 unyielding
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4059 foolish
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4060 forming, taking
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4061 reform, win back
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4062 thinking
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4063 finally, in the end
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4064 fate
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4065 test
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4066 desirous
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4067 grant
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4068 army
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4069 dark, dismal
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4070 [four syllables, first and third accented]
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4071 scourges, wounds, afflictions
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4072 stunned
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4073 useless
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4074 wrath
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4075 adorned
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4076 rapid
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4077 customary
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4078 empty
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4079 edge
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4080 unbearable, intolerable
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4081 falling headlong, falling into ruins [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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4082 rigorous
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4083 disordered, confused
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4084 defeated army
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4085 opening wide
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4086 filled
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4087 walled
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4088 joyful shouts
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4089 Adam’s
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4090 be cautious, take warning
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4091 occurred
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4092 so that
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4093 like him, together with him
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4094 deprived
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4095 spiteful injury
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4096 once and for all, forever
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4097 as companion
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4098 weaker partner, Eve
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4099 i.e., Christ
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4100 “heavenly”: muse of astronomy
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4101 Bellerophon’s flying horse
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4102 i.e., “above” (beyond) pagan inspiration
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4103 live, keep company
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4104 breathed in
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4105 of thy blending/alloying/preparation
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4106 surroundings
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4107 Bellerophon was unhorsed by Zeus, when attempting to fly up to the gods’ home
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4108 to which Bellerophon fell when unhorsed
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4109 wandering aimless, straying (as Bellerophon had done)
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4110 lost, abandoned
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4111 enclosed, contained, confined
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4112 diurnal sphere: the sphere that revolves daily around the earth
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4113 swept away, carried
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4114 above the pole = into Heaven
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4115 compassed round = surrounded
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4116 group or class of persons, here Bacchantes or worshipers of Bacchus
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4117 Orpheus
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4118 mountain range in Thrace, sacred to Bacchus
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4119 ecstasy
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4120 Calliope, muse of epic poetry
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4121 happened
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4122 ignore, disdain
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4123 unsteady, not fixed
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4124 partner in marriage
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4125 wonder
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4126 pensiveness
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4127 exalted
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4128 astonishing, unknown
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4129 disorder, commotion
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4130 turned back
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4131 dismissed, abandoned
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4132 visible
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4133 flowing
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4134 messenger
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4135 purpose
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4136 deigned, condescended
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4137 courteously, generously
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4138 encompassing
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4139 interspersed, poured in
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4140 flowering, blooming, bright
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4141 repose
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4142 recently
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4143 completed
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4144 lacks
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4145 creating, begetting
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4146 invisible
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4147 Chaos
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4148 stay awake
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4149 ask
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4150 send away, allow to depart
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4151 supplicated
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4152 gain, reach
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4153 make, show, prove
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4154 further
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4155 imagining
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4156 the only
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4157 hidden, kept secret
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4158 Lucifer, the morning star
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4159 all were
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4160 position, place
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4161 occupy, hold
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4162 [fre quent]
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4163 services (in the religious sense)
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4164 foolishly
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4165 surmised
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4166 loss
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4167 tested
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4168 loosely, at ease
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4169 protecting
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4170 place
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4171 of angels
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4172 wisdom
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4173 arsenal
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4174 like brass
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4175 deposited
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4176 apparatus
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4177 naturally [trisyllabic, second accented, “-eous” elided]
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4178 enduring
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4179 enormous
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4180 desolate
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4181 all-creating
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4182 glowing
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4183 inscribe/draw a circular line/boundary
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4184 depth
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4185 deep
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4186 removed
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4187 (1) earthy, gritty, sedimentary, (2) hellish
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4188 created
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4189 collected and compacted
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4190 separated
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4191 in between
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4192 spiritlike
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4193 the fifth essence, of which substance the heavenly bodies were thought to be composed
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4194 the sun
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4195 tent
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4196 stayed for a while, tarried
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4197 gleaming
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4198 blowing, sent out
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4199 firm or solid structure
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4200 division, distribution
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4201 ambient, flowing around
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4202 offensive
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4203 disorder
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4204 took away
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4205 [trisyllabic, second accented, “-uous” elided]
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4206 disturb, disorder, derange
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4207 embryo [trisyllabic, second accented]
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4208 reserved
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4209 uselessly, pointless
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4210 fertilizing
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4211 fluids, essences
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4212 stirred
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4213 generative
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4214 swelling, bulging
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4215 the waters
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4216 great speed
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4217 rolled up
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4218 collecting
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4219 beds, lines
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4220 [verb]
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4221 rushing [adjective]
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4222 force of movement
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4223 flowing back
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4224 whether, either
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4225 winding
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4226 waterlogged
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4227 comfortable
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4228 current
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4229 “He called the dry land ‘earth’”
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4230 green
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4231 formed
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4232 grainlike
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4233 crenellated, having battlements
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4234 entangled, entwined
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4235 budded
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4236 groups of trees/shrubs
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4237 along
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4238 visit, habituate
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4239 alternately
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4240 mutation, sequence
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4241 not luminous
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4242 at first
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4243 of globular shape
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4244 residence
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4245 going, resorting
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4246 Venus
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4247 Galileo discovered that Venus, like the moon, had phases (then commonly spoken of as “horns”)
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4248 extraction, infusion, absorption
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4249 private property
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4250 with diminution seen = seen with lessened light
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4251 ruler, governor, controller
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4252 clothed, vested
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4253 glad
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4254 east-west course
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4255 flowing forces
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4256 horizontal
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4257 the sun’s
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4258 position
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4259 divided, separate
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4260 decorating
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4261 channels, inlets
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4262 smaller fish
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4263 schools
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4264 form a mass/mound in
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4265 frolicking
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4266 sprinkled, flecked
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4267 look for
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4268 watch for
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4269 smooth water
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4270 striped
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4271 rolling, surging
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4272 ungraceful
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4273 disturb violently [verb]
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4274 lukewarm
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4275 marshes
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4276 natural
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4277 downy, unfledged
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4278 maturely feathered
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4279 collect
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4280 full-grown feathers
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4281 high
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4282 harsh birdcalls
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4283 looked down on
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4284 in visual survey from the ground, the mass of birds resembles a cloud
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4285 i.e., of the sky
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4286 arranged
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4287 a pattern
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4288 cleave, drive (as per their wedgelike, triangular formation)
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4289 understanding
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4290 reciprocal: those behind, it was said, rested their heads on those in front
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4291 moves gently, undulates
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4292 made a cheerful place of
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4293 evening
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4294 grave, impressive
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4295 songs
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4296 spread out, one after the other
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4297 wet spot, wetness
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4298 [verb]
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4299 trumpetlike call [noun]
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4300 the peacock
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4301 filled
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4302 proclaimed, honored
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4303 (1) birdsong [if a noun], or (2) morning [if an adjective modifying “harps”]
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4304 of her sort/kind/species
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4305 brought forth
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4306 dwells
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4307 brushwood
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4308 the wild beasts of the wood
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4309 cattle
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4310 come into being
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4311 earth
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4312 rearing
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4313 brindled, streaked
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4314 lynx
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4315 leopard
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4316 see Job 40:15–24
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4317 like
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4318 hesitating
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4319 [ between]
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4320 hippo = horse, potamus = of the river: Milton here translates the Greek
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4321 flexible
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4322 tails
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4323 parts of the body
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4324 finished, perfect
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4325 marking with stripes
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4326 tracks
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4327 very small creatures
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4328 size
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4329 enwrapped
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4330 [adjective]
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4331 ant
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4332 crowded [popular?]
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4333 most artful, trickiest
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4334 frightful, terrorizing
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4335 hurtful
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4336 supremely, perfected
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4337 goal, purpose
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4338 face down
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4339 savage
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4340 holy feelings
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4341 face
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4342 noble
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4343 be harmonious with, answer to
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4344 likeness
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4345 men
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4346 exact [adjective]
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4347 breeding, generation
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4348 control, cultivate
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4349 differentiated, distinguishable
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4350 die-est
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4351 fulfilling
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4352 [the syntax here is uncertain, though the intended meaning is not]
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4353 procession
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4354 heavenly, exalted
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4355 procession
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4356 belt, girdle
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4357 abided
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4358 the stop on a stringed instrument
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4359 produced
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4360 that which is created
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4361 injure
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4362 limit
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4363 the waters above the firmament
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4364 boundless, immeasurable: the reference is to the new world, not to the hyaline
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4365 [first syllable accented]
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4366 lower
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4367 surrounded
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4368 raised
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4369 visible state, external appearance
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4370 so that
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4371 need
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4372 under a spell: i.e., “charm,” as in magic spells
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4373 immobile
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4374 (1) teller of history, (2) teller of stories
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4375 amply, fully
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4376 inscrutable
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4377 solving
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4378 structure, fabric
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4379 indicates
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4380 daily
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4381 provide, supply
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4382 dark (“opaque”)
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4383 like a point, a dot
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4384 viewing
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4385 wonder
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4386 constant, unceasing
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4387 revolving, turning
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4388 inactive
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4389 ingenuity, craft, artifice
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4390 those more
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4391 immeasurable
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4392 caused
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4393 remote from understanding, recondite
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4394 from (“out of”)
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4395 humility
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4396 won over
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4397 whoever
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4398 examine, inspect
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4399 care
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4400 held back, kept apart
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4401 telling
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4402 hearer, listener
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4403 [verb]
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4404 pleasing
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4405 [verb]
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4406 procession
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4407 mild of manner
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4408 find out
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4409 matters, signifies
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4410 whether or not
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4411 calculate, estimate
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4412 analyze, scrutinize, examine carefully
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4413 wonder, marvel at
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4414 desire, wish
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4415 clever, ingenious
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4416 mistaken
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4417 portray
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4418 express
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4419 preserve, keep
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4420 likelihood
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4421 encircle
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4422 at the center
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4423 not centrally placed
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4424 recurrent sequence
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4425 small circle, with its center on the circumference of another circle
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4426 circle
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4427 you who
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4428 implies
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4429 gleaming, bright
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4430 power
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4431 ineffective
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4432 otherwise
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4433 active force
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4434 in service/office
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4435 part
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4436 [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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4437 allege, say
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4438 conceding (arguendo: for the purposes of argument)
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4439 said
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4440 confirm, ratify
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4441 the sun’s
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4442 magnetic
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4443 power
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4444 continually moving forward/larger
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4445 continually moving backward/smaller
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4446 six planets
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4447 transverse, crossways
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4448 angles
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4449 the tenth and outermost sphere, the primum mobile, which kept the other spheres in motion
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4450 [trisyllabic, second accented, “-ible” elided]
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4451 zealous
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4452 reaches, meets
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4453 the sun’s
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4454 the earth
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4455 clear, transparent
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4456 the moon
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4457 the moon
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4458 assigned, destined
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4459 male light = original, female light = reflected
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4460 space
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4461 deserted [de sert]
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4462 [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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4463 habitable earth [four syllables, first and third accented]
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4464 obvious to dispute = obviously disputable
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4465 harmless
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4466 evenly
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4467 disturb, make anxious
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4468 humbly
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4469 manner
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4470 circumstances (i.e., rich or poor)
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4471 a point on some scale of measurement
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4472 complications
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4473 afflict, trouble
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4474 at large = fully, amply
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4475 abstruse
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4476 smoke, vapor
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4477 foolish
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4478 irrelevance, presumption
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4479 point, elevation
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4480 descend to
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4481 perhaps
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4482 permission [bisyllabic: suffrance]
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4483 usual, customary, habitual
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4484 foolish
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4485 after
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4486 meal, food
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4487 [bisyllabic: satiate]
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4488 permeated, inspired
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4489 [trisyllabic, second accented: satiety]
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4490 courteous, indulgent
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4491 silent
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4492 proposition
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4493 is in order/form/a structure
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4494 it happened
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4495 unfamiliar, strange [ uncouth]
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4496 dark, hidden
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4497 a journey
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4498 arranged, formed
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4499 military formation
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4500 breaking out
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4501 accustom
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4502 [trisyllabic, second accented, “-ience” elided]
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4503 barricaded
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4504 ordered, commanded
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4505 narration
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4506 listen
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4507 led, prevailed upon
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4508 herbage, grass
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4509 mild, soft
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4510 steaming
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4511 gliding flow
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4512 near, alongside
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4513 moved, walked
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4514 illuminated (literally: by sunlight)
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4515 weight
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4516 soporific, sleepy
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4517 manifestation
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4518 dwelling, habitation
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4519 needs, requires
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4520 [bisyllabic, first accented]
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4521 vividly, lifelike
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4522 depicted
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4523 cultivate
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4524 famine, shortage
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4525 effect, power
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4526 guarantee
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4527 close by, near
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4528 [five syllables, second and fourth accented]
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4529 look, countenance
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4530 discourse
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4531 lands, territory
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4532 oath/acknowledgment of loyalty
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4533 breathe
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4534 some (the land-bound animals)
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4535 whatever please
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4536 invested, endowed
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4537 understanding
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4538 pressed forward, presumptuously
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4539 filled, fully stocked
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4540 exercise, frolic
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4541 diversion, entertainment
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4542 wield, sustain
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4543 intercessory prayer
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4544 favorably inclined
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4545 be suitable
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4546 eager, ardent
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4547 lacking force/energy
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4548 wearisome, annoying, disagreeable
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4549 mutually, to each
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4550 share
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4551 companion, partner
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4552 suitably
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4553 live
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4554 closely reasoned, discriminating
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4555 communion
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4556 discourse, interchange of thoughts and words
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4557 comfort, alleviate, soothe
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4558 complete, perfect
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4559 display, prove
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4560 imperfection in being single/solitary
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4561 parallel
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4562 friendship
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4563 seclusion, mysteriousness
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4564 birds, beasts, fish, etc.
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4565 pleasure
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4566 test
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4567 unsuitable
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4568 always
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4569 adduced, proposed
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4570 remained, endured
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4571 dialogue
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4572 lofty
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4573 surpasses, is superior to
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4574 restoration
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4575 held apart, separated
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4576 was able to see
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4577 restorative
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4578 inferior, poor
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4579 instilled, insinuated
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4580 manner, appearance
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4581 in order to
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4582 renounce
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4583 lovable
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4584 desist
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4585 change
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4586 “given (by You) grudgingly/with reluctance”
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4587 drawn forth, obtained
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4588 brought forth, produced, created
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4589 knowledge
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4590 open, bold
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4591 forward
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4592 reserved
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4593 worked
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4594 dutiful, compliant
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4595 confirmed
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4596 urged
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4597 statement/speech/discourse
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4598 most choice
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4599 joyous feeling
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4600 aromatic
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4601 frolicking, gamboling
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4602 nightingale
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4603 a marriage poem
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4604 Venus
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4605 strong, passionate
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4606 enraptured
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4607 I touch
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4608 agitation
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4609 either
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4610 support
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4611 removing
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4612 highly finished
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4613 principal goal
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4614 which most excel = which are by and large those that are superior
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4615 perfect
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4616 reduced, lowered
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4617 loosens, goes slack
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4618 shamed
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4619 appears
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4620 as if she were
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4621 created
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4622 incidentally
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4623 finish, complete
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4624 like
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4625 distrusting, lacking confidence in
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4626 discard, reject, send away
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4627 ascribing, assigning
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4628 i.e., self-esteem
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4629 master
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4630 appearances
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4631 worthy of/commanding profound respect
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4632 always
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4633 procreative
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4634 judge, consider
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4635 full of divine grace
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4636 acts of decorum, proprieties
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4637 pleasing
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4638 [verb, second syllable accented]
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4639 frustrated, defeated
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4640 statements, arguments
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4641 lines 609–10: “I who deal with all sorts of arguments, presented to me (my mind) by my bodily senses….
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4642 emitted radiance
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4643 having virtues/powers
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4644 in eminence = in eminent measure (i.e., even more)
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4645 exclusionary, excluding
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4646 restricting, limited
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4647 (1) conducting way, passage, (2) management, skill, artifice
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4648 Cape Verde Islands, in the Atlantic off northwestern Africa
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4649 in the west
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4650 first of all = primarily
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4651 allow, permit, consent to
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4652 happiness, welfare
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4653 free choice
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4654 [verb]
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4655 courteous, noble
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4656 always
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4657 circled around
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4658 i.e., while the serpent is sleeping
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4659 among
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