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Synonyms: dull; muffled; muted; softened
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Of Tragedy / Hume, David
they are softened by some circumstance. It is certain, that, on the theatre, the representation ... scene of that nature would afford any entertainment. Neither is the sorrow here softened details...- creator(s) - Hume, David
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- subject(s) - agreeable; uneasiness; predominant; sorrow; tragedy; subordinate; passion; disagreeable; melancholy; compassion; eloquence; distress; satisfaction; passions; pleasure; jealousy; affliction; sentiments; audience; softened; anxiety; affection; movement; ind; predominant; subordinate; passion; jealousy; passions; melancholy; disagreeable; agreeable; satisfaction; anxiety; affection; uneasiness; tragedy; audience; distress; pleasure; softened; compassion; ind; affliction; movement; sorrow; sentiments; eloquence;
- title - Of Tragedy
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Socialismul si camuflarea de gen (Socialism and gender camouflage) / Stefania Mihalache
. For this reason eroticism had to be disguised and softened by a mechanism of control within the society ... details...- creator(s) - Stefania Mihalache
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- publisher - Seminar for the Interdisciplinary Research of Religions and Ideologies
- source: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies
- subject(s) - socialism; communism; woman; body; emancipation; power; eroticism; suppression; gender; otherness;
- title - Socialismul si camuflarea de gen (Socialism and gender camouflage)
- type - article
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 / Various
. Water Supply of Small Towns.--Process of Softening Hard Water. Six figures. Improved Water ... , being not more than L12,000, including the water mains for distribution. PROCESS FOR SOFTENING HARD WATER details...- creator(s) - Various
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- subject(s) - acid; lime; acetic acid; rod; oleic acid; oil; sulphuric acid; fatty acids; iron; milk; olive oil; water; carbonic acid; milk; iron; olive oil; rod; lime; acid; acetic acid; oleic acid; fatty acids; water; oil; sulphuric acid; carbonic acid;
- title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
- type - etext
The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth /
11. SOFTENING MACHINE WITHOUT BATCHING APPARATUS 12. BATCHING APPARATUS 13. SOFTENING MACHINE ... the softened heads are carried to the extreme right, at which position they are taken from the sheet details...- creator(s) -
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- subject(s) - jute; rollers; bobbin; yarn; fibre; warp; jute fibre; sliver; ltd; roller; pitman handbooks; machine; yarns; fibres; threads; spinning; messrs; bales; jute industry; delivery rollers; loom; spinning bobbins; frame; pins; advertisement; breaker card; drawi; advertisement; jute industry; warp; pitman handbooks; pins; jute fibre; spinning; drawi; breaker card; bobbin; ltd; frame; spinning bobbins; yarn; jute; delivery rollers; machine; fibre; messrs; threads; yarns; roller; loom; rollers; bales; sliver; fibres;
- title - The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth
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A Ghost Story / Twain, Mark
, and to once familiar songs that nobody sings now. And as my reverie softened down to a sadder and sadder pathos, the shrieking of the winds outside softened to a wail, the angry beating of the rain against the panes ... details...- creator(s) - Twain, Mark
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- subject(s) - cardiff; petrified; museum; giant; gas; blankets; ghost; invisible; tread; pipe; furniture; stairs; bed; english literature; blankets; bed; pipe; tread; gas; furniture; english literature; ghost; invisible; cardiff; museum; stairs; giant; petrified;
- title - A Ghost Story
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Rural Funerals / Irving, Washington
seems to have been to soften the horrors of the tomb, to beguile the mind from brooding ... their eyes when their hearts are softened by the exercises of devotion; they linger about it on the Sabbath details...- creator(s) - Irving, Washington
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- publisher - Eris Etext Project
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- subject(s) - deceased; flowers; grave; tomb; funeral; poetical; melancholy; graves; custom; american literature; tomb; deceased; flowers; grave; funeral; poetical; melancholy; custom; graves; american literature;
- title - Rural Funerals
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Lionizing / Poe, Edgar Allen
of a nose?" "A nose, my father," I replied, greatly softened, "has been variously defined ... details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - nosology; nose; pounds; american literature; pounds; nosology; american literature; nose;
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Tale Of Jerusalem / Poe, Edgar Allen
, or the Lord hath softened their hearts to place therein a beast of good weight!" And the Gizbarim pulled away ... details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - phittim; buzi; pharisee; abel; booshoh; levi; ben; baal; shekels; simeon; verily; jerusalem; ramparts; basket; generosity; lambs; altar; holy; roman; temple; flesh; valley; american literature; generosity; levi; buzi; booshoh; valley; roman; simeon; verily; shekels; basket; altar; flesh; temple; phittim; baal; abel; lambs; holy; ben; jerusalem; ramparts; american literature; pharisee;
- title - Tale Of Jerusalem
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Tamerlane / Poe, Edgar Allen
were bent droopingly- And homeward turn'd his soften'd eye. 'Twas sunset: when the sun will ... details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - throne; sunshine; hell; ambition; shed; pride; glory; mountain; american literature; ambition; throne; pride; sunshine; shed; hell; mountain; american literature; glory;
- title - Tamerlane
- type - etext
The Truce of God / Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958
, some miracle, perhaps, a softening of the lord her father, so that she might ask of him a Christmas boon ... the Bishop, of the blacksmith and the others, and he had replied into his beard, "To soften the hard of heart details...- creator(s) - Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958
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- subject(s) - clotilde; philip; guillem; joan; bishop; seigneur; truce; charles; jew; christmas; castle; cousin; sang; slept; charles; slept; castle; seigneur; clotilde; christmas; guillem; sang; cousin; jew; truce; philip; bishop; joan;
- title - The Truce of God
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