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spindly,
cabal
frugally
coquette.
ascendency,
florid
dromedary,
millstone
impudence
A parent is inexcusable who does not personally teach her child
Such a delightful line!
“At no moment in history has a bright young girl with plenty of food and a good constitution perished from too much learning.”
Ah! The delicious joy of moments like these, when you stumble upon such exquisite thoughts.
vapid,
edi...
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She embraced the motto Labor ipse Voluptas—work is its own reward.
gelid
mastodon
almanacs.
squalor.
fiduciary
apogee
unremitting
stoicism.
lacquered
cudgel
loquacious.
gallimaufry
vitriolic.
menagerie
quaint
It sounded like a haunting from a distant ocean.
exude credibility, forbearance, and restraint.
mawkish
destitution
Augean
erasure
Nothing is so essential as dignity, girls, and time will reveal who has it.
The wisdom
impecunious
sanguine.
“the signature of all things”—namely, that God had hidden clues for humanity’s betterment inside the design of
every flower, leaf, fruit, and tree on earth. All the natural world was a divine code, Boehme claimed, containing proof of our Creator’s love.
innocuous
“These are two things that I have always observed to be in singular accord: supercelestial thoughts and subterranean conduct.”
whit.
charlatan.”
cerulean
verdant
balmy
wharf.
diminutive
gaunt
