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They looked bright and blooming, and seemed very contented and happy They bowed very politely to Mr. George and to Rollo as they passed Guten abend_," said they These are the German words for "Good evening.— Rollo in Switzerland
The nearest analogue in English are the fantasies of Norman Douglas, but Pérez de Ayala has a much more profoundly realized philosophy of life.— The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
283. The dictionary meanings given for this word are--1.— The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII
Though Guam, which is the chief island of the Ladrones, is much farther off than Japan, we are likely to receive better treatment from the Spaniards than we are from the Japanese, who may either send us off again or put us to death.— Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler
The famous first lines of Paradise Lost, if printed after the contemporary fashion of free-verse, would by very few be recognized as blank verse; and the same is true of many passages throughout the poem, and indeed throughout all long poems in blank verse Of Man's first disobedience And the fruit of that forbidden tree Whose mortal taste brought death into the world And all our woe With loss of Eden Till one greater Man restore us And regain the blissful seat Sing Heavenly Muse That on the secret top of Horeb Or of Sinai Didst inspire that shepherd Among the finest free-verse in English are the Evening Voluntaries of Henley.— The Principles of English Versification

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