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  • I have (at the importunity of some Reverend friends) digested my subitane apprehensions of these distracting controversies into the ensuing considerable Questions. "

    The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

  • I have (at the importunity of some Reverend friends) digested my subitane apprehensions of these distracting controversies into the ensuing considerable Questions.”

    The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859

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  • Subitane means "sudden, rash" (Oxford English Dictionary).

    June 28, 2011