The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems
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7417 gatepost/stake
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7418 used to lock the gates
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7419 south of Jerusalem, more than thirty miles from Gaza
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7420 see Numbers 13:22 (“anak” = “giant,” in Hebrew)
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7421 on which day only very short journeys were permitted
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7422 and in addition
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7423 i.e., loaded like
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7424 he whom
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7425 tell in myths/fables
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7426 the giant Atlas
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7427 unite, combine
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7428 uncertain, changeable
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7429 man has been
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7430 more unusual
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7431 incoherent
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7432 Eshtaol and Zora: west of Jerusalem, in the valley of Sorec (Sorek) (see line 229, below)
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7433 swellings
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7434 name, inscription on coins
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7435 i.e., most of them
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7436 raise, uplift
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7437 poor, inferior
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7438 have paired = been equal
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7439 crosswise, sideways
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7440 blame, accuse, challenge
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7441 ordering, arranging
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7442 Timnath, Philistine city
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7443 so that
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7444 Samson’s parents
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7445 proposed, planned
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7446 inmost
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7447 influence, incitement
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7448 pressed, pushed
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7449 opportunity, the course of events
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7450 stemming from (the marriage)
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7451 foolish
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7452 [three syllables, second stressed]
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7453 showily beautiful
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7454 accomplished: completed, perfected
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7455 because of
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7456 outburst
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7457 gave up = surrendered
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7458 challenge, fight
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7459 negligent
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7460 is in servitude
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7461 all alone
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7462 engaged in
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7463 canvassing: soliciting (as for votes, in an election)
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7464 praise, adorn
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7465 “Israel’s governors and heads of tribes”
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7466 assembled
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7467 see Judges 15:8
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7468 fleeing
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7469 planning, considering, estimating
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7470 benefited, profited
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7471 besieged
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7472 certain
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7473 victim, quarry
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7474 small ropes, braided for strength
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7475 common
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7476 a principal Philistine city
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7477 rather than
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7478 Succoth and Penuel: Israelite cities (see Judges 8:4–9)
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7479 the tribe of Ephraim, in the hill region north of Bethel
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7480 see Judges 12:1–4
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7481 Semitic tribe frequently hostile to Israel
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7482 the Ephraimites were identified by their inability to pronounce the “sh” in “shibboleth”: see Judges 12:5–6
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7483 “my nation/people (“mine”) may easily neglect me”
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7484 “unless there be those who think God does not exist”
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7485 hidden, unknown
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7486 teacher, learned man
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7487 suspect
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7488 disordered
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7489 enwrapped
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7490 are confused/perplexed/entangled
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7491 endless, everlasting
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7492 commands, laws
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7493 obligation (see Deuteronomy 7:2–5)
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7494 lacked
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7495 a person who had vowed to abstain from sex: see Numbers 6:2ff.
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7496 deceitful
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7497 put/go down
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7498 plead, claim
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7499 frees, releases, acquits
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7500 Dalila
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7501 heavy, full of care
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7502 consider
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7503 strange, unfamiliar
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7504 guided, led
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7505 bent
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7506 notable
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7507 destroyer, poison
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7508 splendor
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7509 wished for
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7510 God
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7511 slave
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7512 decide, declare
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7513 equally
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7514 biblical Timnath: see Judges 14:1–20
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7515 corrupted
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7516 i.e., of gold
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7517 false
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7518 major
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7519 eluded
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7520 a jest/joke
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7521 flattering
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7522 speech
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7523 batteries = (1) battering rams, (2) artillery
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7524 to make a military assault
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7525 exhausted (from “watching” too long/much)
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7526 firm, steadfast
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7527 addiction to women
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7528 working laboriously
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7529 instigation, incitement
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7530 attack
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7531 unspoken
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7532 harsh, unyielding
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7533 account
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7534 mob, crowd
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7535 lineage
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7536 assemblage [noun]
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7537 reproach
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7538 opened
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7539 mistrust, distrust
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7540 ready, willing
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7541 find room for, hold, shelter
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7542 literally, the enclosed space where jousting took place; metaphorically, “enter lists” = to fight/challenge
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7543 God
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7544 shut His eyes
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7545 bow
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7546 defeat
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7547 deprive, strip
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7548 frustrate, confound
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7549 reason
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7550 that it be unsettled/uncertain
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7551 connection, opportunity
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7552 deal, negotiate
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7553 this time
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7554 leave, abstain, refrain
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7555 forehead
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7556 made public
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7557 fictitious narratives
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7558 Tantalus, Zeus’ son, was thus punished for telling the gods’ secrets to his friends
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7559 [adjective]
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7560 ordering, arranging
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7561 a fine/penalty
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7562 free, release
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7563 pleads, petitions
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7564 instrumentality [noun]
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7565 lofty, high-souled
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7566 impulse
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7567 sons of Anak: the race of giants
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7568 celebrated, proclaimed
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7569 confrontation
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7570 false
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7571 venereal trains = love’s tricks/snares
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7572 sign of favor
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7573 i.e., red wine
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7574 away from
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7575 the sun’s beams?
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7576 soft?
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7577 fluid
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7578 ruined, destroyed
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7579 something to stare at
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7580 plentiful, flowing, excessive
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7581 healthy-looking, strong
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7582 break down, destroy
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7583 garbage, refuse, offal
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7584 to trouble, molest, injure
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7585 unoccupied
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7586 violence, shock
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7587 see Judges 15:18–19
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7588 point to, indicate, foretell
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7589 entertain, deal with
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7590 natural
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7591 state of mind, disposition
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7592 fantasy, whim, inclination
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7593 pursue, perform
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7594 receive
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7595 that which produces pain/suffering
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7596 limited
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7597 kidneys
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7598 employ, perform
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7599 appearances, symptoms
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7600 corresponding
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7601 sensation, feeling
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7602 excite, stir up
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7603 incurable
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7604 continue to cause pain, fester
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7605 [verb]
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7606 necrosis, destruction
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7607 conscious
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7608 irritate
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7609 abate
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7610 [adjective]
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7611 particular, intimate
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7612 temperate, abstinent
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7613 exceedingly
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7614 strength
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7615 as if
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7616 assignment
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7617 defied, incited
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7618 repeatedly [adverb]
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7619 roll, catalogue
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7620 written, placed, entered
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7621 strength
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7622 learned, carefully thought out, practiced
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7623 belief, conviction
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7624 searched for, obtained
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7625 mild, soothing
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7626 restore
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7627 (1) changing, (2) unstable, fickle
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7628 path
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7629 crowd, mob
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7630 lax, stray, random
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7631 like
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7632 formally, seriously
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7633 chosen, picked
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7634 protection, safeguard
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7635 honored
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7636 abandon
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7637 [noun]
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7638 unclean, polluted
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7639 rough
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7640 excessive
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7641 conclusion
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7642 in that way
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7643 servant, officer
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7644 acted
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7645 bib
lical Tarshish: see 2 Chronicles 9:21 (“the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks”)
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7646 Javan, son of Japhet, was the founder of Ionia: the islands of Greece
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7647 Cadiz
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7648 show, display, finery
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7649 apparatus, rigging, implements of war
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7650 beautiful, smartly made
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7651 flags, banners
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7652 strut, flutter
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7653 forerunner
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7654 retinue, suite: i.e., maids, female attendants
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7655 unchanging, firmly resolved
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7656 overloaded
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7657 prepared
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7658 preparation
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7659 pulled after it, led to
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7660 wicked, evil
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7661 condition
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7662 accustomed
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7663 as if
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7664 propose, urge
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7665 chiefly, principally
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7666 test
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7667 pushed, driven
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7668 skillful
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7669 so that
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7670 trained, habituated
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7671 interior, inward
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7672 exaggerations
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7673 overloaded
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7674 counterbalanced
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7675 likely, natural
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7676 pressing, persistent
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7677 make public, proclaim
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7678 because of
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7679 discussion
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7680 interpret as
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7681 unsettled, variable, fickle
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7682 (1) mind, (2) affection, love
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7683 his first wife: see lines 219–27, above
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7684 intended, planned
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7685 confinement
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7686 “that was sufficient/did it for me”
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7687 this way
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7688 wholly, entirely
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7689 not risked
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7690 not afraid
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7691 sharers
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7692 foolish
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7693 harsh, grim, bitter
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7694 forced, compelled
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7695 frantic
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7696 passion, appetite
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7697 irreconcilable
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7698 knowing that I had been
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7699 decides, ordains