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«Children are entitled to their otherness, as anyone is; and when we reach them, as we sometimes do, it is generally on a point of sheer delight, to us so astonishing, but to them so natural»
«As sheer casual reading matter, I still find the English dictionary the most interesting book in our language»
Author: Albert Jack Nock
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Language
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casual, dictionary, English Dictionary, sheer, sheerer, the English
«Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling,/ The darling of our crew.»
«Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebullience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its own right»
Author: Donald Culross Peattie
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Beauty
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delightful, ebullience, excrescence, in its own right, own right, random, sheer, superabundance
«A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor.»
«For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive, sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into ''the masses.'' And where is the David who can slay this giant?»
Author: Lillian Smith
(Writer)
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ambitious, authoritarian, bled, David, dehumanized, drained, Here is, leech, leeches, massive, pulp, ruthlessly, selves, sheer, slay, The Absolute, The Masses, tied
«English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education -- sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.»
«From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.»
«Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
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Facts
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diabolism, dummies, dummy, elsewhere, indulge, knee, nonsense, sheer, utter, ventriloquist, ventriloquists
«Alongside of knowledge, youth has to cultivate the good qualities of humility, reverence, devotion to God and steadfast faith. He has to engage himself in good works and enjoy them for the sheer elation they confer.»
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