The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems
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2742 see Revelation 12:10–12
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2743 so that
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2744 while there was still time
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2745 perhaps
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2746 before he became
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2747 (1) give vent to, (2) take revenge on
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2748 Satan’s
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2749 moving, forming, advancing, sweeping upward
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2750 a cannon
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2751 from
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2752 result, follow
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2753 the sun’s
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2754 noontime
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2755 many things/thoughts
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2756 turning over in his mind
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2757 the sun
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2758 above thy sphere = (1) above your position/status, (2) literally, in Heaven above the sphere which you are in
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2759 (1) height, (2) distinction
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2760 He (God) reproached/scolded/censured
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2761 to give/yield
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2762 repayment
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2763 (1) owed, (2) right, proper
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2764 worked
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2765 disdained [probably from the Italian sdegnare,“to disdain/despise/scorn”]
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2766 submission, obedience
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2767 get rid of, release
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2768 (1) yet, (2) always
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2769 remained
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2770 unlimited, uncontrolled
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2771 sixth of the nine angelic orders
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2772 lowly
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2773 might have been drawn
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2774 side, cause
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2775 (1) having weapons, (2) having protective qualities/characteristics
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2776 to remain steadfast/firm
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2777 honorable, generous
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2778 gives, brings
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2779 himself
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2780 rightfully, properly
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2781 regrets
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2782 i.e., “O how miserable I am!” [four syllables, first and third accented]
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2783 flee
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2784 whichever
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2785 yield
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2786 boasts
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2787 at a high price
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2788 face, put up with
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2789 raised
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2790 obtains, gains
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2791 pretended
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2792 withdraw, disavow, retract
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2793 forced
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2794 at high cost, great expense
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2795 pain, suffering
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2796 instead of us = replacing us
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2797 man
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2798 more than half of the empire
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2799 pallor
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2800 anger
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2801 spoiled, disfigured
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2802 ill tempers, ill humors, disorders, derangements
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2803 innocent
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2804 agitation
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2805 mechanic-inventor
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2806 i.e., “who”
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2807 hidden, joined in concealment
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2808 put into practice
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2809 happen to
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2810 conduct, behavior
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2811 travels
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2812 expanse of open land
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2813 top
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2814 access denied to him (Satan)
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2815 impossible to overcome/surmount
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2816 rustic
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2817 rows
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2818 place where action occurs
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2819 noble, majestic
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2820 common
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2821 prospect large = extensive view
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2822 Adam’s
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2823 lower
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2824 handsome, large
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2825 at the same time, simultaneously
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2826 any smooth, lustrous surface
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2827 imprinted, stamped
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2828 rainbow
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2829 of pure now purer = purer still
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2830 springlike
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2831 chase, expel
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2832 a wind not much stronger than a breeze
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2833 fragrant
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2834 bestow, distribute
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2835 natural
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2836 loot, plunder, booty
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2837 Cape of Good Hope, at the southern tip of Africa
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2838 [trisyllabic, second accented]
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2839 Saba, in modern Yemen
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2840 Arabia, called at the time, in Latin, Arabia felix,“happy/blessed Arabia”
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2841 abate, let slacken
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2842 onward movement
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2843 one league = ca. three miles
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2844 pleasing, agreeable
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2845 experienced with pleasure
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2846 slayer
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2847 evil demon in Apocryphal book of the Bible, Tobit, who has seven times killed the husbands of Sarah, daughter of Tobit’s relative, with whom the demon is in love; he is finally driven off by fish smells
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2848 vapor
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2849 sent him, the demon, away from Media, where Tobit, his son, and his wife lived
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2850 hurriedly
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2851 by the Angel Raphael, sen
t by God
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2852 wild, uncultivated
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2853 thicket
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2854 troubled, entangled
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2855 easy
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2856 completely
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2857 made of interwoven branches
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2858 stalls, pens
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2859 reduce the store of money
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2860 of the roof
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2861 climbed
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2862 the view it afforded him
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2863 had been = would have been
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2864 guarantee, promise
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2865 lowest
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2866 space
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2867 contours
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2868 Haran, city on the River Euphrates, in Mesopotamia
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2869 city near Babylon, on the River Tigris
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2870 city in Eden
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2871 [four syllables, first and third accented]
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2872 tangled, heavily wooded
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2873 swallowed up
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2874 formed, fashioned (as a potter “throws” a pot)
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2875 garden topsoil
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2876 natural
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2877 brook
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2878 underground
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2879 river
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2880 in different directions [bisyllabic, first accented]
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2881 skill
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2882 rippling
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2883 gleaming
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2884 winding, labyrinthine
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2885 wandering
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2886 fussy, fastidious
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2887 skillful, choice, exquisite
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2888 gracious, bountiful, jolly
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2889 i.e., darkened
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2890 [four syllables, first and third accented]
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2891 legendary garden in which the Hesperides, daughters of Night and Darkness, guarded a tree that bore golden apples
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2892 open expanse of treeless pastureland
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2893 grass
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2894 bearing palm trees
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2895 a hollow among hills
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2896 irrigated [probably trisyllabic, second accented]
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2897 shady
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2898 covering
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2899 chorus
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2900 bring into operation
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2901 make tuneful/harmonious
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2902 joined
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2903 Aglaia (brilliance), Euphrosyne (joy), Thalia (blossoming)
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2904 female divinities presiding over seasonal changes
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2905 in Sicily
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2906 Dis = Pluto = Hades
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2907 Nature/earth goddess, later Demeter; mother of Proserpine/Persephone
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2908 like Proserpine, pursued by lustful gods
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2909 river in Syria
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2910 the grove of Daphne contained an oracle dedicated to Apollo
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2911 named after the spring at the oracle in Delphi, also dedicated to Apollo
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2912 compete
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2913 the island of Nysa, in the River Triton in Tunisia
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2914 encircled, surrounded
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2915 Ammon
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2916 Zeus’ nurse, mother of Bacchus by Ammon
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2917 red-faced (from wine)
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2918 Abyssinian/Ethiopian
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2919 offspring, children
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2920 in Abyssinia
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2921 contours
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2922 River Nile
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2923 source
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2924 forehead
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2925 exalted, lofty
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2926 manifested, made plain/clear
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2927 (1) curled, or (2) scented, or (3) dark-colored
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2928 lock of hair in front
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2929 loosened
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2930 frisky, sportive
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2931 requested, demanded
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2932 authority, rule
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2933 shy, modest
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2934 mysterious parts = genitalia
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2935 i.e., unchaste
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2936 externals, displays
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2937 patch
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2938 grassy spot
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2939 commend
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2940 the west wind
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2941 sweet as nectar [adjective]
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2942 obliging, yielding
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2943 variegated
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2944 discourse, speech
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2945 lacked
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2946 animals that are hunted [noun]
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2947 playing
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2948 bounded
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2949 moving lightly up and down
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2950 (1) lynx, (2) panther
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2951 leopards
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2952 capered, danced
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2953 coiled, twisted
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2954 flexible, pliant, supple
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2955 trunk, nose
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2956 close by
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2957 sinuously
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2958 intricate
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2959 rope, twine, knots
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2960 intertwined, braided
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2961 tail, long dragging body
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2962 destined, fated
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2963 l
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2964 i.e., with eating the grass that grows on pastureland
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2965 (1) digesting, as ruminants do, (2) reflecting
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2966 slanting down
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2967 steeply downward
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2968 racelike, galloping speed
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2969 the Azores, to the west
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2970 with a scale having two weighing pans, when one (lighter) goes up the other (heavier) necessarily goes down made device
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2971 place, position
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2972 “hath poured on their shape”
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2973 noble, excellent
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2974 close
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2975 firmly fixed, safe
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2976 deliberate
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2977 abandoned, lost, doomed
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2978 I am myself
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2979 alliance
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2980 direct, honest
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2981 perhaps
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2982 hold, keep
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2983 did wrong me
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2984 soften
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2985 common, community, patriotic
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2986 frolicking
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2987 condition, circumstances
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2988 noted, observed
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2989 as a lion
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2990 rangeland
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2991 lies
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2992 uttering
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2993 Satan
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2994 all ear = eagerly attentive
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2995 participant
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2996 deserved
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2997 mandate, order, instruction, admonition
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2998 near, alongside
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2999 rule, control, government
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3000 purpose
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3001 preeminent by so much odds = superior by such a high percentage/amount
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3002 similar
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3003 companion
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3004 shady cover (from the sun)
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3005 unmoving, fixed
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3006 i.e., to the pool
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3007 inexperienced
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3008 languished
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3009 awaits
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3010 at once
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3011 plane tree (e.g., the sycamore)
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3012 flee
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3013 solid, true, real
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3014 in order to
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3015 inseparable, indivisible, special
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3016 (1) comfort, pleasure, delight, (2) entertainment, recreation, amusement