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wonted
«Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, / Now the sun is laid to sleep, / Seated in thy silver chair, / State in wonted manner keep: / Hesperus entreats thy light, / Goddess, excellently bright.»
«On some fond breast the parting soul relies,/ Some pious drops the closing eye requires; / E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, / E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.»
«We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility, and we are soon wonted to the change and happy in it.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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Safety
| Keywords:
chameleon, chameleons, facility, partialities, partiality, wonted
«The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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assumes, epoch, epochs, formation, household, infancy, operates, privation, privations, revolutions, somewhat, terminate, terminated, terminates, terminating, way of life, wonted
«...the spring, the summer,The chilling autumn, angry winter, changeTheir wonted liveries; and the mazed worldBy their increase, now knows not which is which.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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autumn, Liveries, livery, wonted
«See how the sacred old flamingoes come,Painting with shadow all the marble steps:Aged and wise, they seek their wonted perchesWithin the temple, devious walking, madeTo wander by their melancholy minds.»
Author: William Butler Yeats
(Dramatist, Poet, Writer)
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aged, Coming of age, devious, flamingo, flamingoes, painting, perch, perched, perches, steps, temple, The temple, wander, wonted