langour

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He had not the vigor of the true tyrant; but his langour, his hatred of all effort, his profound selfishness, his listless disregard of public duty, and his effeminate libertinism, mixed with superstitious devotion, made him no less a national curse.

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  • Perhaps that's because any filmmaker worth a fig knows that, French provincialism aside, truly languid films about the flavor of langour bore even country hermits to tears. —  ChristianCinema.com - Faith Affirming and Family Approved Entertainment
  • The low-key langour of the early versions of 'Come Over' or —  planet.journals.ie
  • A good plan is to take them in bed before rising, with little or no clothes on, while lying flat on the back Paleness, langour, irritability, and general ill-health result from insufficient breathing. —  Papers on Health
  • The prostration and langour, both mental and bodily, that accompanied this depression, was so great as to seriously retard her recovery, and almost baffled the doctor's skill. —  Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma
  • Such langour, O repressor of foes, is not worthy of thee, for a Kshatriya never enjoyeth that which he doth not acquire through prowess SECTION LXXVI Vaisampayana said, 'Thus addressed by Vasudeva, the ever-wrathful Bhima, incapable of bearing insults, was immediately awakened like a steed of high metal, and replied, without losing a moment, saying, 'O Achyuta, I wish to act in a particular way; thou, however, takest me in quite a different light. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
 

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