paradisiacal

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Medical doctor Jack takes a position of leadership, helping to rally the survivors and prepare them for a period of difficulty as they learn how to survive on the paradisiacal island.

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  1. Same as paradisiac. But particularly to describe and point at this paradisiacal residence can be done only by those that live in those serene regions of lightsom glory. Glanville, Pre-existence of Souls, xiv. The summer is a kind of heaven, where we wander in a paradisiacal scene among groves and gardens. Pope.

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  • It has been very well known for its fascinating deserts, wetlands, savannahs, the paradisiacal Okavango Delta and is bordered by Namibia, —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Medical doctor Jack takes a position of leadership, helping to rally the survivors and prepare them for a period of difficulty as they learn how to survive on the paradisiacal island. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • The two friends have exchanged residences; Cavalotti has migrated to Freeland, Falieri on the contrary, after spending a few delightful weeks on a paradisiacal island on Lake Victoria Nyanza, has been withdrawn from us for a time. —  Freeland A Social Anticipation
  • The first, or Golden Age, is described as a paradisiacal state, feebly representing the bliss of the first pair in —  Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
  • The Californians may be excused for using the term paradisiacal about such scenes. —  Our Italy
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