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Synonyms: unaccountable; unexplainable
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Of Superstition And Enthusiasm / Hume, David
nature. The mind of man is subject to certain unaccountable terrors ... taken to appease them are equally unaccountable, and consist in ceremonies, observances details...- creator(s) - Hume, David
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- subject(s) - superstition; enthusiasm; unaccountable; priests; ceremonies; religion; species; sacred; liberty; divinity; contrary; devotions; shown; western philosophy; devotions; enthusiasm; western philosophy; liberty; contrary; superstition; shown; priests; sacred; religion; species; unaccountable; divinity; ceremonies;
- title - Of Superstition And Enthusiasm
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The Harder Problem of Consciousness / Ned Block
comes about as a result of irritating nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the appearance of Djin ... details...- creator(s) - Ned Block
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- source: Disputatio
- subject(s) - Consciousness; Physicalism;
- title - The Harder Problem of Consciousness
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Ms. Found In A Bottle / Poe, Edgar Allen
suddenly went out, as if hurriedly extinguished by some unaccountable power. It was a dim, sliver-like rim ... , and there is always mixed up with such indistinct shadows of recollection, an unaccountable memory of old foreign details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - ship; deck; crew; ocean; american literature; deck; ship; crew; american literature; ocean;
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The Imp Of The Perverse / Poe, Edgar Allen
- we grow sick and dizzy. Our first impulse is to shrink from the danger. Unaccountably we remain. By slow ... details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - phrenology; propensity; perverse; combativeness; perverseness; deity; primitive; principle; sentiment; impulse; american literature; primitive; propensity; perverseness; deity; impulse; phrenology; perverse; sentiment; principle; american literature; combativeness;
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Mellonta Tauta / Poe, Edgar Allen
, because the philosophers (?) of the day declared the thing impossible. Really now it does seem to me quite unaccountable ... high; land (for some most unaccountable reason) being considered as especially precious just details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - pundit; balloon; aries; axioms; inscription; analogy; april; mill; ancient; american literature; aries; balloon; analogy; axioms; april; ancient; american literature; mill; pundit; inscription;
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Of Tragedy / Hume, David
. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Of Tragedy It seems an unaccountable pleasure, which the spectators of a well ... 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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Mystification / Poe, Edgar Allen
the most indefinite and altogether unaccountable. Thus the brief period of his residence at the university forms ... details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - ritzner; hermann; jung; baron; duello; mystification; etiquette; treatise; countenance; american literature; mystification; baron; jung; etiquette; duello; countenance; ritzner; treatise; american literature; hermann;
- title - Mystification
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Bon-Bon / Poe, Edgar Allen
of perilous bargains made in a hurry and repented of at leisure; and instances were adduced of unaccountable ... at these unaccountable vicissitudes, there did not fail to be mingled some degree of that nervous anxiety which the fury details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - bon; hiccup; pierre bon; american literature; hiccup; pierre bon; bon; american literature;
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Love and Mr. Lewisham / Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
. IN THE GALLERY OF OLD IRON XI. MANIFESTATIONS XII. LEWISHAM IS UNACCOUNTABLE XIII. LEWISHAM INSISTS ... --emotions that are unaccountable on the mere hypothesis of a casual meeting. Something was whispered; it sounded suspiciously like details...- creator(s) - Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
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- subject(s) - lewisham; chaffery; miss heydinger; ethel; miss heydinger's; madam gadow; south kensington; ethel; madam gadow; miss heydinger; chaffery; miss heydinger's; south kensington; lewisham;
- title - Love and Mr. Lewisham
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Joanna Godden / Kaye-Smith, Sheila, 1887-1956
sheep.... Garlinge is up by Court-at-Street, ain't it?" "Yes, missus. 'Tis an unaccountable way ... and twice as quick as Fuller used to in his day." "Ah, but then she's unaccountable set on young Socknersh details...- creator(s) - Kaye-Smith, Sheila, 1887-1956
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- subject(s) - joanna; ansdore; ellen; joanna godden; arthur alce; marsh; martin; arthur; great ansdore; miss godden; walland marsh; old stuppeny; mene tekel; north farthing; little ansdore; arthur alce; great ansdore; martin; ellen; little ansdore; miss godden; joanna; arthur; old stuppeny; north farthing; walland marsh; ansdore; joanna godden; mene tekel; marsh;
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