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- n. Plural form of nympholept.
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“I am one of those nympholepts, you know, nympholepts”
“The nympholepts of old," explains Mr. Augustine Birrell in one of the volumes of _Obiter Dicta_, "were those unfortunates who, whilst carelessly strolling among sylvan shades, caught a hasty glimpse of some spiritual inmate of the woods, in whose pursuit their whole lives were ever afterwards fruitlessly spent.”
“I am one of those nympholepts, you know, nympholepts ...”
“The nympholepts of old were curious and unhappy beings who, while carelessly strolling amidst sylvan shades, caught a hasty glimpse of some spirit of the woods, and were doomed ever afterwards to spend their lives in fruitlessly searching after it.”
“The second exception is of those who pursue Truth as by a divine compulsion, and who can be likened only to the nympholepts of old; those unfortunates who, whilst carelessly strolling amidst sylvan shades, caught a hasty glimpse of the flowing robes or even of the gracious countenance of some spiritual inmate of the woods, in whose pursuit their whole lives were ever afterwards fruitlessly spent.”
“With the nympholepts of Truth we have nought to do.”
“The nympholepts of Truth are profoundly interesting figures in the world's history, but their lives are melancholy reading, and seldom fail to raise a crop of gloomy thoughts.”
“We are all nympholepts in running after our ideals -- and none more than yourself, indeed!”
“We are all nympholepts in running after our ideals ” and none more than yourself, indeed!”
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