Nonsense12 (d999)

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obedient and dutious

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obedient compliance

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obedient, respectful, dutiful, and submissive

4

obeisance and submission

5

object of contempt

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object, propose, protest, and decline

7

objectionable and inexpedient

8

objectionably apologetic

9

Objects of general censure

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obligation and dependence

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obligation of loyalty

12

obligatory force

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obliging, kind, helpful, and courteous

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obligingly expressed

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oblique tribute

16

obliquity and hypocrisy

17

obliquity of vision

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oblivious and insensible

19

oblivious to criticism

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obloquy and detraction

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obnoxious and odious

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obscure and enigmatical

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obscure intimation

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obscure, difficult, and subtle

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obscure, shadowy, intricate, and mysterious

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Obscured beneath the rubbish of the age

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Obscured with wrath as is the sun with cloud

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obscurity of twilight

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obsequies and panegyrics

30

obsequious and conciliating

31

obsequious homage

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obsequious, cringing, fawning, and servile

33

observant eye

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observation, discrimination, and comparison

35

observations and reflections

36

observations, sentiments, ideas, and theories

37

Observe again

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Obsessed with an overweening pride

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Obsessed with the modishness of the hour

40

obsolete phraseology

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obsolete, artificial, and inadequate

42

obstacles and disasters

43

Obstacles that are difficult but not insuperable

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obstinacy, pertinacity, stubbornness, and inflexibility

45

obstinacy, stupidity, and wilfulness

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obstinate and stupid

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obstinate defiance

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obstreperous and noisy

49

obstreperous summons

50

obtrusive and vulgar

51

obtrusive neatness

52

obtuse and imbecile

53

obvious and palpable

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obvious boredom

55

Obviously at variance with facts

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Obviously the matter is settled

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occasional and contingent

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Occasional flashes of tenderness and love

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occasional flights

60

Occasionally you ought to read

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Occasioned by direct moral turpitude

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occasioned by irritation

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occult and hidden

64

occult sympathy

65

occupations and habits

66

ocean depth

67

ocean of eloquence

68

odd and dismal

69

odd makeshifts

70

Oddly amenable to the proposed innovations

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Oddly disappointing and fickle

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odious and oppressive

73

odious tyranny

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Odorous as all Arabia

75

odorous spring

76

of a Father watching His myriad children at play

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of a heavy sleeper after he has been called to get up

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Of course I am aware

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Of course I am delighted

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Of course I am putting an impossible case

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Of course I can not be taken to mean

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Of course I do not maintain

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Of course I do not stop here

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Of course I don't want to press you against your will

85

Of course I would not allow

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Of course much may be said

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Of course these remarks hold good

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Of course we may, if we please

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Of course you will do what you think best

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Of course you will sympathize

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Of course, but that again isn't the point

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Of one thing, however, I am certain

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Of this briefly

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Of this statement I will only say

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Of this truth I shall convince you by

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offensive and aggressive

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offensive hostility

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offensive to modesty

99

offensive, disagreeable, distasteful, and obnoxious

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official and authoritative

101

official asperity

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officious, fidgety, and talkative

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officious, impertinent, insolent, and meddlesome

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Often employed promiscuously

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Often enough life tosses like a fretful stream among rocky boulders

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Oh, certainly, if you wish it

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Oh, do not form an erroneous impression

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Oh, I appreciate that in you!

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Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud

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Oh, that was a manner of speaking

111

Oh, that's mere quibbling

112

Oh, that's splendid of you!

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Oh, yes, I quite admit that

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Oh, yes, you may take that for granted

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Oh, you are very bitter

116

Oh, you may be as scornful as you like

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oily and servile

118

old and decrepit

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Old as the evening star

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Old happy hours that have long folded their wings

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old, absurd, and meaningless

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olfactory sense

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olive grayness

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Ominous and swift days

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ominous and untrustworthy

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ominous rumors

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omission of fact

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Omitting all compliments and commonplaces

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omnipotent decree

130

omniscient affirmation

131

omnivorous and sordid

132

On a noble and commanding scale

133

On a review of the whole subject

134

On occasions of this kind

135

On referring to your account we notice

136

on some hard, perfectly transparent day

137

On such a day as this

138

On sure ground of fact

139

On the contrary, I agree with you thoroughly

140

On the contrary, I am assuming

141

On the edge of great irritability

142

On the face of it, it sounds reasonable

143

On the horns of a dilemma

144

On the occasion to which I refer

145

On the other hand, it is clear

146

On the whole, then, I observe

147

On this auspicious occasion

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On this point I do not mean to dwell

149

On this subject you need not suspect

150

Once again, like madness, the black shapes of doubt swing through his brain

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Once again, there are those

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Once more I emphasize

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Once more let me try to put into words

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oncoming horde

155

One additional remark

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One almost wishes

157

One assumption you make I should like to contest

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One bleared star, faint glimmering like a bee

159

One bright drop is like the gem that decks a monarch's crown

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One by one flitting like a mournful bird

161

One can not decline to note

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One concluding remark has to be made

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One deep roar as of a cloven world

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One fact is clear and indisputable

165

One further word

166

One gracious fact emerges here

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One has no choice to endure it

168

One important topic remains

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One is fairly tempted to wish

170

One lesson history may be said to repeat

171

One long torture of soul

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One might be challenged to produce

173

One must be indulgent under the circumstances

174

One of life's ironical adjustments

175

One of the ancients said

176

One of the foreseen and inevitable results

177

One of the golden twilights which transfigure the world

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One of the most commonly known

179

One of the most extraordinary incidents

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One of the things I recollect with most pride

181

One of these signs is the fact

182

One or two points are made clear

183

One other circumstance

184

One other remark suggests itself

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One remark I will make

186

One thing I beg of you

187

One thing more will complete this question

188

One thing which always impressed me

189

One tissue of rashness, folly, ingratitude, and injustice

190

One very striking tendency

191

One winged cloud above like a spread dragon overhangs the west

192

One word in courtesy I must say

193

One word more in a serious vein

194

One would naturally suppose

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one, individual, and integral

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oneness and unity

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onerous and perplexing

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onerous cares

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onflaming volume

200

Only so much do I know

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onrush of life

202

onsets of temptation

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opalescent sea

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opaque mass

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open and inviting

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open to reason

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openly disseminated

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Openly flouted and disavowed

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openly, frankly, and legitimately

210

openness of mind

211

opinionated truculence

212

opinions and hypotheses

213

Opinions are divided as to whether

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opportunely contrived

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opportunism and inconsistency

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opposed to innovation

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opposite and discordant

218

opposition, bitterness, and defiance

219

Oppressed and disheartened by an all-pervading desolation

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oppressed and sullen

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oppressed by destiny

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Oppressed by some vague dread

223

Oppressed by the indefiniteness which hung in her mind,

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Oppressed with a confused sense of cumbrous material

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oppressed with hardship

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oppressive emptiness

227

oppressive, grasping, and slanderous

228

opprobrious epithet

229

optimistic and reassuring

230

opulence and magnitude

231

opulence of detail

232

opulent, powerful, and prosperous

233

or a forked flash of lightning

234

Or shedding radiance like the smiles of God

235

or the glow of health upon the cheek

236

Or to come nearer home

237

Or to take but one other example

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oracular and occult

239

oracular utterance

240

oratorical display

241

order and uniformity

242

Ordinarily speaking, such deductions

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ordinary delinquencies

244

organic and rational

245

organic assimilation

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organization and system

247

organization, monopoly, and pressure

248

organized in thought

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Organs of party rage and popular frenzy

250

orgy of lying

251

oriental spicery

252

origin and discovery

253

origin, character, and aim

254

original and attractive

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original, terse, and vigorous

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originally promulgated

257

ornaments of eloquence

258

ornate and variegated

259

oscillatory movement

260

ostensible and explicit

261

ostensible occupation

262

ostentatious display

263

ostentatiousness and gaiety

264

Others may hold other opinions

265

Ought we not to think

266

our communication with them

267

Our enemies were broken like a dam of river reeds

268

Our hearts bowed down like violets after rain

269

Our letter must have gone astray

270

Our opinions were diametrically opposed

271

our pleasant business relations will continue

272

Our relations with your house must have hitherto been very pleasant

273

Our sail like a dew-lit blossom shone

274

Our services are at your command

275

Our stock has been temporarily exhausted

276

Our thoughts wander back

277

Our vaunted civilization

278

out of the green-gold air

279

out to receive the record of her toil

280

outbreak of hostilities

281

outburst of tears

282

outflow of sympathy

283

outlandish fashion

284

outlines and appearances

285

outposts of morality

286

outrageous and scandalous

287

outrageously vehement

288

outspoken encouragement

289

outstanding feature

290

outstretching sympathies

291

Outward mark of obeisance and humiliation

292

outward pomp

293

Outweighing years of sorrow and bitterness

294

outworn creed

295

Over and above all this

296

Over and over the paroxysms of grief and longing submerged her

297

overbearing style

298

overburdened and confused

299

overcome and vanquish

300

Overcome by an access of misery

301

overcome with shyness

302

overestimated importance

303

overflow of vitality

304

overflowing sympathy

305

overflowing with love

306

overhanging darkness

307

Overhead the intense blue of the noonday sky burst like a jewel in the sun

308

Overhung and overspread with ivy

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overhung with gloom

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overmastering potency

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overpowering argument

312

overriding, arrogant, and quarrelsome

313

Overshadowed by a fretful anxiety

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Overshadowed by a vague depression

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overshadowing dread

316

overstep and contravene

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overstrained enthusiasm

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overt act

319

overt and unmistakable

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overvaulting clouds

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overwearied and outworn

322

overweening sense

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Overwhelmed with reproach and popular indignation

324

overwhelming solicitude

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overworked and fagged

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overworked drudge

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Owing to our inability to collect out-standing debts

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pacific disposition

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page of desolation

330

pageant of life

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pain, toil, and privation

332

Painful and lamentable indifference

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painful obstinacy

334

pains and penalties

335

painstaking and cumbersome

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painstaking reticence

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palatable advice

338

pale and anxious

339

Pale and grave as a sculptured nun

340

Pale and vague desolation

341

Pale as a drifting blossom

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pale, ugly, and sinister

343

pallidly illumined

344

Pallor of reflected glories

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palpable and plain

346

palpable originality

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Palpably and unmistakably commonplace

348

palpitating emotion

349

Palpitating with rage and wounded sensibility

350

paltry and inglorious

351

paltry hypocrisies

352

pampered and petted

353

pampered darling

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pander to prejudice

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pang of regret

356

panic fear

357

Panting after distinction

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panting eagerness

359

parable, precept, and practise

360

parabolic obscureness

361

parade and display

362

parade of erudition

363

Parading an exception to prove a rule

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paradoxical talker

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Paralyzed by infirmity of purpose

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Paralyzing doubts and scruples

367

paralyzing sentimentalism

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paramount authority

369

Paramount obligation and righteousness

370

parasitical magnificence

371

parched and dry

372

parched by disuse

373

Pardon me if

374

Pardon me, but I don't think so

375

Pardon me, I meant something different

376

parental permission

377

paroxysmal outburst

378

Partial and fragmentary evidence

379

partial and provisional

380

partial, false, and disastrous

381

particular, precise, formal, and punctilious

382

particularly and individually

383

particularly notable

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parties and sects

385

partizan prejudice

386

pass into oblivion

387

Passed like a phantom into the shadows

388

passing panorama

389

passion and prejudice

390

passion of patriotism

391

passion, tenderness, and reverence

392

passionate insistence

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Passionately addicted to pleasure

394

passions, weaknesses, uglinesses, and deformities

395

passive and indifferent

396

Passive and tractable as a child

397

passive obedience

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passivity of mind

399

pastimes and diversions

400

patchwork manner

401

patent and pertinent

402

patent example

403

Patently inimical to liberty

404

paternal tenderness

405

pathetic helplessness

406

pathos and terror

407

patience and perseverance

408

Patience under continual provocation

409

patient endurance

410

patient, gentle, and kind

411

patient, loyal, hard-working, and true

412

patriarchal visage

413

patriotic enthusiasm

414

patriotism and reverence

415

pattern and exemplar

416

pattern of virtue

417

Peace brooded over all

418

peace, order, and civilization

419

peace, quiet, tranquillity, and harmony

420

Peaceful as a village cricket-green on Sunday

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peacefully propagated

422

peaks and pinnacles

423

peals of laughter

424

peculiar piquancy

425

peculiar, individual, specific, and appropriate

426

Peculiarly liable to misinterpretation

427

pecuniary privation

428

pedagogue and pedant

429

pedantic ineptitude

430

pedantries and affectations

431

Peddling and pitiful compromises

432

pedestrian vigor

433

pedigree and genealogy

434

peerless raconteur

435

Peevish and impatient, like some ill-trained man who is sick

436

peevish ingratitude

437

peevishness and spleen

438

pellucid and crystal

439

pellucid, animated, and varied

440

Pelted with an interminable torrent of words

441

Pelting one another with catchwords

442

pending determination

443

pendulum of opinion

444

Penetrate beneath the surface to the core

445

penetrating and insidious

446

penetrating warmth

447

penitential cries

448

penned and planned

449

penniless wanderer

450

pensive reflections

451

pensiveness of feeling

452

Peopled the night with thoughts

453

peppery and impetuous

454

perceptible difference

455

perception and recognition

456

peremptorily and irrevocably

457

peremptory punishment

458

perennial charm

459

perfect embodiment

460

Perfectly illustrated and exemplified

461

performed with regularity

462

perfunctory inquiries

463

Perhaps another reason why

464

Perhaps I am indiscreet

465

Perhaps I may be best able to illustrate

466

Perhaps I ought to say

467

Perhaps it may be doubted

468

Perhaps not in the strictest sense

469

Perhaps you do not feel at liberty to do so

470

Perhaps you think me ungrateful

471

Perhaps, however, in speaking to you

472

Perhaps, however, some among you will be

473

Perhaps, sir, I am mistaken in

474

perilous and shifting

475

perilous expedient

476

perils of fortune

477

period of lassitude

478

Perished utterly, like a blown-out flame

479

permanent and unchangeable

480

permanent significance

481

permanent, true, and real

482

permeate and purify

483

Permit me frankly to say

484

Permit me to add

485

Permit me to add another circumstance

486

Permit me to bring home to you

487

Permit us to express our sincere appreciation

488

pernicious and malign

489

pernicious doctrine

490

Perpetual gloom and seclusion of life

491

perpetual oscillation

492

Perpetually excite our curiosity

493

perplex, embarrass, confuse, and mystify

494

perplexed, tedious, and obscure

495

perplexing problem

496

perplexity and confusion

497

persecuting zeal

498

persistent adherence

499

persistent and reiterated

500

personal and specific

501

personal predilection

502

personal, sharp, and pointed

503

Personally I confess to an objection

504

Personally, I am far too firm a believer

505

perspicuity, vivacity, and grace

506

perspicuous and flowing

507

persuaded by appeal

508

persuasive eloquence

509

pert prig

510

pert, smirking, and conceited

511

pertaining to fashion

512

pertinacious solemnity

513

pertinent question

514

Pertinent to the thread of the discussion

515

perturbation of mind

516

perturbed and restless

517

perusing earnestness

518

pervaded with grandeur

519

pervading tendencies

520

pervading, searching, and saturating

521

Pervasive silence which wraps us in a mantle of content

522

perverse quaintness

523

perversity of chance

524

perverted and prejudicial

525

pessimistic and disenchanted

526

pessimistic skepticism

527

pestiferous career

528

pestilence and famine

529

pests of society

530

pet aversion

531

petrifaction of egoism

532

petrified smile

533

petted and indulged

534

petticoat diplomacy

535

pettifogging business

536

pettiness and prudence

537

petty pedantries

538

petty, unsuccessful, and unamiable

539

petulance and acrimony

540

petulant in expression

541

phantom of delight

542

phantom show

543

pharisaical and bitter

544

phase of belief

545

philanthropic zeal

546

philosophical acuteness

547

Philosophy evolved itself, like a vast spider's loom

548

philosophy, morals, and discoveries

549

phlegmatic temperament

550

phosphorescent shimmer

551

photographic exactitude

552

phrases, figures, metaphors, and quotations

553

physical convulsion

554

physiognomy of nature

555

pictorial and dramatic

556

pictorial embellishments

557

picturesque and illustrative

558

picturesque details

559

picturesque, daring, and potent

560

piece of pedantry

561

Pierced to the quick

562

piercing clearness

563

piety, charity, and humility

564

Piles of golden clouds just peering above the horizon

565

pilgrim and crusader

566

pillage and demolish

567

pillage, arson, and bloodshed

568

Pillowed upon its alabaster arms

569

pinchbeck dignity

570

pining melancholy

571

pinions of eloquence

572

pinnacle of favor

573

pioneering spirit

574

pious platitudes

575

pious, patient, and trustful

576

piquant allusions

577

piquant and palatable

578

pit of oblivion

579

piteous, woebegone, dismal, and dolorous

580

pith and brevity

581

pitiable frenzy

582

pitiful and destitute

583

Pitiful shifts of policy

584

pitiless precision

585

pity, sympathy, and compassion

586

pivotal point

587

placable, reasonable, and willing

588

place and power

589

place, fame, and fortune

590

placid stupidity

591

placid, clear, and mellow

592

placid, meek, gentle, and moderate

593

plague, pestilence, and famine

594

plagued and persecuted

595

plain, transparent, simple, and obvious

596

Plainly dictated by a lofty purpose

597

plainly expedient

598

plainness and severity

599

plainness of speech

600

plainspoken rebuke

601

plaintive and mournful

602

plaintive cadence

603

plan, purpose, and work

604

plans and projects

605

plastic and ductile

606

plastic mind

607

Platitudinous and pompously sentimental

608

Plaudits of the unlettered mob

609

plausibility and humbug

610

plausible commonplaces

611

play of fancy

612

play, diversion, pastime, and amusement

613

playful wit

614

plea of urgency

615

plead in vain

616

Pleading the exigencies of strategical interest

617

Pleasant and flower-strewn vistas of airy fancy

618

pleasant and pungent

619

pleasant, friendly, and amiable

620

pleasant, jocular, witty, and facetious

621

Please accept the thanks of the writer

622

Please consider this letter an acknowledgment

623

Please continue to be frank

624

Please do not think I am asking out of mere curiosity

625

Please favor us with a personal communication

626

Please feel assured that we shall use every endeavor

627

Please forgive my thoughtlessness

628

Please make yourself at home

629

pleased, interested, and delighted

630

pleasing in outline

631

pleasing reveries

632

pleasurable and wholesome

633

pleasurable excitement

634

pleasure, enjoyment, and satisfaction

635

Pledged with enthusiastic fervor

636

plenary argument

637

plenitude of power

638

plentiful harvest

639

plenty, content, and tranquillity

640

pliable, ductile, supple, and yielding

641

pliant and submissive

642

plighted word

643

plodding, sedentary, and laborious

644

plot and verisimilitude

645

Plumbing the depth of my own fears

646

plunder and sacrilege

647

plunge into despair

648

plunged in darkness

649

Plunged into tumultuous preoccupation

650

poetical and pastoral

651

poetry, sentiment, morality, and religion

652

poignant clearness

653

Poignant doubts and misgivings

654

point of view

655

Pointed out with triumphant malice

656

pointless and ineffective

657

pointless tale

658

poise of mind

659

poise, dignity, and reserve

660

poisonous counsels

661

policy of severity

662

Polished as the bosom of a star

663

Polished beauty of diction

664

polished ease

665

polished, deft, superficial, and conventional

666

polished, elegant, and sumptuous

667

polite and elegant

668

polite indifference

669

polite, polished, cultured, and refined

670

political and sociological

671

political malcontent

672

Political storm and stress.

673

politics, business, and religion

674

polluting taints

675

pomp and pageantry

676

pompous platitudes

677

pompous, affected, and unreal

678

ponderous and unwieldy

679

ponderous research

680

pontifical manner

681

poor and barren

682

poor, miserable, and helpless

683

popular resentment

684

populous fertility

685

portent of danger

686

portentous gulf

687

portray by words

688

pose, gesture, and expression

689

Position of titular command

690

positive in judgment

691

positive, direct, explicit, and dogmatic

692

positively deteriorating

693

possession and dominion

694

Possibly the enclosure may suggest to you

695

posthumous glory

696

potent and prevailing

697

potential energy

698

pour into print

699

Poured his heart out like the rending sea in passionate wave on wave

700

Pouting like the snowy buds o' roses in July

701

power and luxury

702

power of imagination

703

Power of intellectual metamorphosis

704

Power to assuage the thirst of the soul

705

powerful stimulant

706

powerful, dazzling, and daring

707

powerful, efficient, vivid, and forcible

708

practical helpfulness

709

practical in application

710

practical, visible, and tangible

711

praise and commend

712

Pray don't apologize

713

Pray forgive me for intruding on you so unceremoniously

714

Pray go on!

715

Pray, sir, let me say

716

Preached with a fierce unction

717

precarious path

718

precautionary measure

719

precedence and usage

720

precious, massive, and splendid

721

precipice of stupefaction

722

Precipitate and arbitrary changes

723

Precipitated into mysterious depths of nothingness

724

precipitous flight

725

precise purpose

726

precise, delicate, discriminating, and fastidious

727

precise, formal, and cynical

728

Precisely, that is just what I meant

729

precision and efficiency

730

precision of phrase

731

precocious wisdom

732

preconceived view

733

predatory writers

734

predestined spinster

735

predict the future; black magic; sorcery]

736

predict the future. Black magic; sorcery.]

737

Predict the gloomiest consequences

738

predominant habit

739

Preening its wings for a skyward flight

740

preference and prejudice

741

pregnant and suggestive

742

pregnant hint

743

Pregnant with a lesson of the deepest import

744

prejudice and predilection

745

prejudice, dulness, and spite

746

prejudicial, injurious, noxious, and pernicious

747

preliminary assumption

748

premature ripening

749

premonitory symptoms

750

preoccupied attention

751

prepossessing appearance

752

prepossessions, opinions, and prejudices

753

preposterous assertion

754

preposterous, irrational, unreasonable, and nonsensical

755

prerogative of age

756

prescient reflection

757

prescribed by custom

758

prescribed conditions

759

presence and address

760

presence of mind

761

present and tangible

762

Presented with matchless vigor and courage

763

Presently she hovered like a fluttering leaf or flake of snow

764

presiding genius

765

presiding, directing, and controlling

766

Pressing cares absorbed him

767

pressing necessity

768

pressure of expediency

769

prestige and authority

770

presumption of doubt

771

presumptuous and futile

772

pretended surprise

773

pretense, subterfuge, simulation, and disguise

774

pretentious and inept

775

pretentious dignity

776

preternatural sagacity

777

pretty and enchanting

778

pretty plaintiveness

779

prevailing misconception

780

prevent, restrain, dissuade, and dishearten

781

prevented by chance

782

prey of fancy

783

pride and indignation

784

Pride and self-disgust served her

785

pride in success

786

pride of life

787

Pride working busily within her

788

pride, passion, and conceit

789

priestly austerity

790

primal energy

791

primary and essential

792

primary, foremost, leading, and principal

793

prime factor

794

primeval silence

795

primordial conditions

796

princely courtesy

797

Princely generosity of praise

798

princely, picturesque, and pathetic

799

principles, conduct, and habits

800

priority and predominance

801

prismatic blush

802

pristine dignity

803

private contempt

804

privileged caste

805

prized possession

806

probity and candor

807

probity, directness, simplicity, and sincerity

808

problematic age

809

proceed with alertness

810

process of effacement

811

Proclaimed with joyous defiance

812

prodigal and careless

813

Prodigal of discriminating epithets

814

prodigally lavished

815

Prodigious and portentous events

816

Prodigious boldness and energy of intellect

817

prodigious variety

818

productive discipline

819

Products of dreaming indolence

820

profane denunciation

821

professedly imitated

822

profession, business, trade, and vocation

823

professional garrulity

824

proffered service

825

profile and outline

826

profit, advantage, benefit, and emolument

827

profitable adventure

828

profligate expenditure

829

Profound and chilling solitude of the spot

830

profound and philosophical

831

profound conviction

832

profundity of thought

833

profuse and tearful

834

profuse generosity

835

profuse, excessive, copious, and extravagant

836

profusion of argument

837

progress of events

838

progress, order, and happiness

839

progress, prosperity, peace, and happiness

840

projected visit

841

prolegomenous babbler

842

prolific outpouring

843

prolix and tedious

844

prolix narrative

845

prolix, prosaic, prolonged, and wordy

846

prolonged happiness

847

prolonged, obstinate, and continued

848

prominence and importance

849

promiscuous multitude

850

promise and performance

851

promising scions

852

prompt courage

853

prompt, fiery, and resolute

854

prompted by coquetry

855

promptings of reason

856

promptitude and dispatch

857

Promptly on receipt of your telegram

858

prone to melancholy

859

proneness and readiness

860

pronounced and diversified

861

proof and illustration

862

Proof of his imperturbability and indifference

863

propagandist literature

864

propelling impulse

865

propensity and desire

866

proper punctilio

867

property, comforts, habits, and conveniences

868

prophetic vision

869

propitious moment

870

proportion and consistency

871

proportionately vigilant

872

propose to undertake

873

proprietary sense

874

propriety and delicacy

875

propriety of action

876

propriety, perspicacity, and accuracy

877

prosaic excellence

878

prosaic, dull, and unattractive

879

prospective success

880

prosperity revival

881

prostrate servility

882

prostration and loss

883

protection and safety

884

protective, propitiatory, and accommodating

885

protest in vain

886

protesting and repelling

887

protests, criticisms, and rebukes

888

protoplasmic ancestors

889

protracted agony

890

protracted and fruitless

891

Protracted to a vexatious length

892

Proud as the proudest of church dignitaries

893

proud destiny

894

Proud schemes for aggrandizement

895

proud, reserved, and disagreeable

896

proverbial situation

897

provincial prejudice

898

provincialism and vulgarity

899

Provocative of bitter hostility

900

Provocative of bitter hostility

901

provocative of scorn

902

provoke to laughter

903

provoked hostility

904

prudence, judgment, wisdom, and discretion

905

prudence, mildness, and firmness

906

prudent and sagacious

907

prudential wisdom

908

Pruned of their excrescences and grotesque extremes

909

prurient desire

910

prying criticism

911

psychic processes

912

public derision

913

puckered, winking, and doddering

914

puerile and sickly

915

puerile fickleness

916

puff of applause

917

puffy and dissipated

918

pugnacious defiance

919

puissant and vigorous

920

Pulling the strings of many enterprises

921

pulsating life

922

pulse of life

923

pulsing, coursing, throbbing, and beating

924

punctilious and severe

925

punctilious care

926

pungent epigram

927

punish with severity

928

puny dimensions

929

purblind brutality

930

Pure as a wild-flower

931

Pure as the azure above them

932

Pure as the naked heavens

933

Pure as the snowy leaves that fold over the flower's heart

934

pure coincidence

935

pure, honorable, and just

936

pure, kind, sweet-tempered, and unselfish

937

purgatorial fires

938

Purge the soul of nonsense

939

purge, brace, and strengthen

940

purged by sorrow

941

Purged of glaringly offensive features

942

purified, exalted, fortified, and illumined

943

puritanical primness

944

purity and simplicity

945

purity of diction

946

Purple, crimson, and scarlet, like the curtains of God's tabernacle

947

purplish shadows

948

purpose and intention

949

purpose, intention, and meaning

950

purpose, meaning, scope, and tendency

951

purposed attempt

952

purposeful drama

953

Pursuant to your letter

954

pursued in leisure

955

Pursued to a vicious extent

956

pursuing fancies

957

pursuit of knowledge

958

pusillanimous and petty

959

pusillanimous desertion

960

Put in that way it certainly sounds very well

961

Put on gravity like a robe

962

put to confusion

963

puzzled and affected

964

puzzledom of life

965

puzzles, tangles, and questionings

966

pyrotechnic outburst

967

quack, imposture, charlatan, and mountebank

968

quackery and incompetence

969

quagmire of distrust

970

quailing culprit

971

quaint peculiarities

972

quaintness and oddity

973

Quaking and quivering like a short-haired puppy after a ducking

974

qualified, powerful, vigorous, and effective

975

qualifying service

976

qualities and gifts

977

qualities of leadership

978

quality, property, attribute, and character

979

qualm of conscience

980

quarrel and wrangle

981

quarrels, misunderstandings, and enmities

982

quarrels, misunderstandings, enmities, and disapprovals

983

quavering voice

984

queer and affected

985

queer tolerance

986

quenchless despair

987

queries, echoes, reactions, and after-thoughts

988

querulous and plaintive

989

querulous disposition

990

Question me, if you wish

991

question of honor

992

questionable data

993

Questioned and tested in the crucible of experience

994

questioning gaze

995

Questions and answers sounding like a continuous popping of corks

996

questions, disputes, and controversies

997

quibble and fabricate

998

quibbling speech

999

Quibbling, I call it