10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANGUOR»
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languor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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A dictionary of the Bengalee language: in which the words ...
(from 311E, languor, and 8', to do), mailing weary or languid, withering, fading.
flifififll, a_ (from att'w, Iangtrvr, and W,pr0durible), prorlncihle by orarising from
languor or weariness, producible by or arising from fading or withering. flifiiiifif, ad
.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
Nature, oppressed and harassed out with care, sinks down to rest—Addison) <
the state of apathy and lethargy into which they had been thrust by their stunning
defeat — Political Science Quarterly) Languor (compare LANGUID) has nearly ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God
Languor is hardly a common word in spoken or written English and American
parlance these days. A word or two on that word, and on the related words
languid and languishment, may therefore be in order. For Sehnsucht will prove to
be the ...
David Farrell Krell, 2005
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Margery Kempe and Translations of the Flesh
In turn, this languor attends the material sensation of fire in the mystic's mind and
heart. Kempe, too, draws on Rolle's notion of languor in her desire to be rid of the
world and united with Christ, while the sixteenth-century reader labels her ...
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The Exotic Woman in Nineteenth-century British Fiction and ...
Its sensual uses combined pleasure, languor, and death. Besides, opium also
signified a kind of racial or cultural "poisoning." Opium smoking was invariably
associated — visually and architecturally — with the orientalized space
surrounding ...
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New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex
Languor or weariness; he is scarcely able to do any manual work, Spig. 152.
Loss of strength, as if his lower limbs had been crushed, Slann. 153. Feels
extremely faint after going down stairs, Stann. 154. Is unable to remain out of bed,
Rhus t.
Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, Charles Julius Hempel, 1853
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
Humility it expresses, by the stooping or bending of the head : languishment,
when we hang it on one fide. Drydm. (1.)* LANGUOR, n.s. [languor, Latin;
longueur, French.] 1. Faintness ; wearisomeness. — Well hoped I, and fair
beginnings had, ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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De Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliae -:
... in what way pro- be Sew-a1 ceedings are to be had in an essoin, or that, if he
has 32131;:repeatedly essoined himself for bed-sickness and has once ants
having had languor, the essoin for bed-sickness will cease, and gslilllgifow that in
the ...
Henry de Bracton, Travers Twiss, 2012
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From This We Spring: Family Stories Collected Once More
“Benjamin, spell languor.” “Languor, Mr. Roben?” “Yes, Benjamin, languor. The
young scholar was afflicted with languor.” “L-A-N-G-O-R.” “I am sorry, Benjamin,
that is incorrect. Please be seated.” “William Martin, please spell languor.
Lack, languor, nostalgia, blues... A languor that has no clear reason, that
sometimes we wish we were able to forget, a languor that generates suffering
while we might survive peacefully, a languor that pushes to act because it does
not tolerate ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LANGUOR»
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Ashes 2015: Declining game in desperate need of heroes - Cricket …
The sun shone, encouraging languor despite the tension created by England's fitful resistance. You could be forgiven for ambling to the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Karlovy Vary Report: An 'Arabian Nights' for the Age of Austerity
Those first twenty minutes can seem trying if you suspect that their obscurity and languor are a glimpse of the 100 minutes still to come in ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
Creativity Reimagined: Creativity is change
Billing by the hour is a poor return for a moment of brilliance, and the hours of languor and concentrated play needed to feed those moments ... «CampaignLive, Jul 15»
Summer in the City: 5 Shows to See in Hong Kong
As the sultry heat of July slowly envelops Hong Kong in a haze of languor, what better reprieve than to take refuge in well air-conditioned art ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jul 15»
Theater on Their Own Terms
It captures a slice of teen life in New York, but also speaks to struggles and joyfulness, ambition and languor, that is much more widely felt. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Lookingglass Alice at the Arsht: Torturously Self-Indulgent
... young actress eschews all inhibitions, making Alice's delicate circus acrobatics look simple and briefly hypnotizing us into a placid languor. «Miami New Times, Jul 15»
Let's Wrestle review – no-fi Londoners' boisterous farewell ends in …
There's a cranky art in the Sparklehorse languor of Codeine and Marshmallows and the Tex-Mex vitality of Rain Ruins Revolution, and singer ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Top 5 Beijing Exhibitions, July 2015
As the sultry glare of July slowly envelops Beijing in a haze of languor, what better reprieve than to take refuge in one of the capital's sprawling ... «Blouinartinfo UK, Jul 15»
Under clear skies, Tanglewood shifts into higher gear
LENOX — The picture-perfect July weather argued for summer languor but Tanglewood had other ideas. After an opening weekend with just a ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Turning Ramla into a giant disco
Maltese beaches on a Sunday afternoon are not renowned for their languor. Rather, they are associated with overcrowded conditions, ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
