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Examples
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This Adventure gave me great Inquietude, that I should be the unhappy
Exilius 2008
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I slept but little, by Means of the Inquietude I had in my
Exilius 2008
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When the Fatigue of Pleasure oblig'd them to retire to their Repose, he retir'd only to Inquietude.
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The poor Man frankly told him his Case, and the cause of his Inquietude.
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The poor Man frankly told him his Case, and the cause of his Inquietude.
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These Considerations gave her much Inquietude, which she communicated to me, when any favourable Moment furnish'd us with Opportunity.
Exilius 2008
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She found something was labouring in his Breast, which was concealed from her; and one Night being disturbed in a Dream, with what was ever in his Thoughts, and calling out upon his dear Children; she awoke him, and insisted upon knowing the Cause of his Inquietude.
Goody Two-Shoes A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 Anonymous
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"I 'most had diphtheria, an' pneumonia, an 'smallpox this fall," he resumed complacently; "an 'thar's six other diseases that I got symptoms of -- that is, partly, you know: --' Variable appetite, 'an' 'Inquietude,' an 'all that."
The Tangled Threads 1894
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All these things combine to give the composition a wholly peculiar coloring, to render its flow somewhat restless and to stamp the etude as a little characteristic piece, a capriccio, which might well be named "Inquietude."
Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890
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Inquietude for my own safety was, for a moment, suspended by sympathy with your distress.
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