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It is lugubrous to see how controversial messiah Clinton is managing to imagine that she would be the nominee!
Democrats' late night session falls short on MI, FL delegations 2008
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Whether all this be but a dream, I cannot tell, but it was haply from these lugubrous effects, that garlands of _taxus_ were usually carried at funerals, as Statius implies in _Epicedium vernae_: However, to prevent all funest accidents, I commend the tree only for the usefulness of the timber, and hortulan ornament.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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