10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORPESCENT»
Discover the use of
torpescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
torpescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Reminiscent. 17. Subjacent. 18. Torpescent. 19. Translucent. 20. Virescent. (a)
Act of rising, (b) Doing deeds of charity, (c) Self-satisfied. (d) Lying under. (e)
Becoming greenish in color, (f) Calling to mind. (g) Soothing. (h) Between
childhood ...
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A Dictionary in English and Bengalee; Translated from Todd's ...
অসাঢ়. নি৪সাড়. গতিশক্তিহান. অচেতব্ল | Torpescent, a. Lat. অড়েন্ট বা জড় ডবনক্ষীল I
Torpid, a. Lat. আড়ন্ট. জড়.কুড়ে. গত্যা. চালাক নহে যে. কাদূ শীলতা নহি যাহার.
ল্পন্দনরহিত. যাহা কেনে অঙ্গদ্বারা ন্নশ করিলে তদঙ্গ অবশ হয়. অসাঢ়. মিংসাড়.
গতিশক্তিহান.
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
Anon thou shalt be covered with a profuse moisture — become torpescent —
slumber — peradventure snore : let none disturb thee. Tired nature having
compassed her repose, thou wilt awake. Then, there being a cheerful fire in the
chamber, ...
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Sturm's Reflections on the Works of God and His Providence ...
It is there they either live upon the food which instinct has taught them to provide,
or they are nourished and supported by the fat which they had previously
secreted, or they pass the tedious length of winter in a state of torpescent
insensibility, ...
Christoph Christian Sturm, 1848
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A Dictionary of the English Language
TORPEDO, (tor-pe'-do) n. s. A fish which while alive is endowed with a strong
elec- trick power. TORPESCENT, (tor-pee'-»ent) a. Becoming torpid. TORPID, (tor
'-pid) a. Numbed; motionless ; sluggish ; not active. TORPIDITY, (tor-pid'-e-te) n.».
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson, 1828
For 'tis not fools, whate'er proverbial phrase Have long decreed, that quit with
greatest ease The treasur'd gold, of words indeed profuse, Of gold tenacious,
their torpescent soul Clenches their coin, and what electral fire Shall solve thu
frosty ...
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Four Months Afoot in Spain
Itwas tolerably coarse macaroni,but otherwise no worse thanomnipresent
macaroni must be whenboiledby the barrelunder the watchful eyeofa rotund,
torpescent, bathfearing, tobaccoloving, Neapolitan ship's cook. Forthe wine we
were ...
Harry Alverson Franck, 1926
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The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;
Of words indeed profuse, Of gold tenacious, their torpescent soul Clenches their
coin, and what elect nil fire Shall solve the frosty gripe, and hid it flow ? T is
Genius, Fancy, that to wild expense Of health ! of treasure ! stimulates the soul :
These, ...
Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, 1810
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ...
For 'tis not fools, whate'er proverbial phrase Have long decreed, that quit with
greatest ease The treasure gold. Of words indeed prefuse, K Of Of gold tenacious
, their torpescent soul Clenches their coin, and MORAL PIECES. . *4-t.
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The poetical works of Wm. Shenstone ...
Of words indeed profuse, Of gold tenacious, their torpescent fowl Clenches their
coin, and what electral.sire Shall solve the frosty gripe, and bid it flow ? 'Tis
genius, fancy, that to wild expence Of health ! of treasure ! stimulates the soul :
These, ...
