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The school of Donne -- the "fantastics" as they have been called (Dr. Johnson called them the metaphysical poets), produced in Herbert and Vaughan, our two noblest writers of religious verse, the flower of a mode of writing which ended in the somewhat exotic religiousness of Crashaw.
English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge G. H. Mair 1906
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Her models were what Milton called the "fantastics," a school of poets who mistook for manifestations of poetic power, far-fetched and strained metaphors, oddities of expression, remote comparisons, conceits, and strange groupings of thought.
History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck 1897
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If we were to get the farm chores done, breakfast eaten and reach the village by six o'clock, in time to see the procession of "fantastics" we would have to be astir by three in the morning.
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i realize that one of my "fantastics" was mispelled "fantatic", but i kind of like that.
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Miss Macaulay went on to discuss the "literature of escape," among which were the fantastics like Garnett and Stella Benson.
From the archive, 19 January 1929: Modern novelists under attack 2012
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Anyway, a few plots from the original books that could be adapted for the screen; put a modern touch on them and they would make fantastics additions to the franchise! gary on Sep 16, 2008
More Sequels: Fourth Jason Bourne Film on Track for 2010 « FirstShowing.net 2008
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I love cosmo heroes but the villains are fantastics
Retro - Frozen Cops... Thomas Perkins 2009
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Chromed, elaborately cut frame lugs, old Campy NR group still in excellent condition, glittering SS spokes... unlike the plastic fantastics they punch out of a cookie cutter today, that old bike was hand built with pride, and it shows.
Laissez-Fairing: Rules vs. Aerodynamics BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Some again, curious fantastics, will know more than this, and inquire with [3137] Epicurus, what God did before the world was made? was he idle?
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Her recipe is a cinch, perfect for you no-knead fantastics, but it goes awry near the end where she suggests you form the dough into discs and dredge them in cornmeal.
pancakes, english muffins, frisee salad | smitten kitchen 2007
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