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  • House, and incorporated many Chinese features-a front path that makes an indirect route to the front door to ward off evil spirits,

    O'Neill's Office 2010

  • While casting ghosts and spirits in metaphysical terms that in certain respects seemed intent on explaining away ghosts and spirits,

    Japanese Confucian Philosophy Tucker, John 2008

  • I hae been a forsaken creature since his death — O the weary days and nights that I have had! — and the weight on the spirits — the spirits,

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • Thus the Duke of Lauderdale is said, through old age but immense corpulence, to have become so sunk in spirits,

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • That thou shalt see the difference of our spirits,

    The Merchant of Venice 2004

  • And spells of magic from the mouths218 of spirits,

    The Second Part of Tamburlaine the Great 2004

  • ‘Brother in arms,’ said Mr Wegg, in excellent spirits,

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • Although he happened to be bubbling over with good spirits,

    Anna Karenina 2003

  • Rejoice in my good luck: congratulate me on my supreme happiness, and believe me, dear cynic and misanthrope, yours, in the best of health and spirits,

    Villette 2003

  • Each day in pleasures battle your drooping spirits,

    The Persians 2002

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