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  • Ravenswood, with a mind incalculably deeper and more powerful than that of his companion, had his own anxious subjects of reflection, which wrought for him the same unhappiness that sheer enui and want of occupation inflicted on his companion.

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • Ravenswood, with a mind incalculably deeper and more powerful than that of his companion, had his own anxious subjects of reflection, which wrought for him the same unhappiness that sheer enui and want of occupation inflicted on his companion.

    The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801

  • Nothing appeals to me on the feed, I'm bored, a certain enui sets in.

    Fashion World of SL 2009

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