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Chimerical as many of Almost Human's creations appear, Mr. Hall rarely takes his ideas from science fiction or movies.
The Virtuoso of Blood and Guts Steve Oney 2011
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It is in the sixth book of his “Chimerical Republic,” in which he says: “Let us speak of the Son, the wonderful production of good, and His perfect image.”
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Chimerical animals and floral ornaments are often used in enriching these _agrafes_.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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Chimerical as it appeared, the purveyors of amusement for the reading public were thus furnished with occupation, and some small pecuniary gain, while it exercised the wit of certain anti-Jacobin writers of the day, and raised them into notice.
The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman
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"Chimerical!" the average man will exclaim when he reads the title of this book.
A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day Helen M. Winslow
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"My acquaintance with politics," answered the Prince, "is very -- Chimerical," he added after a pause, pleased to have found the term.
King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912
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"Chimerical!" pronounced the graybeard as he rose to go, with an air of finality.
Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) William MacLeod Raine 1912
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Their work or Chimerical (hard Slavery) is not very laborious; their greatest
Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings Mary Johnston 1903
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Chimerical this policy seemed to many contemporaries; chimerical it has seemed to historians, and to us who have passed through the World
Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Allen Johnson 1900
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Chimerical as it may sound even to suppose such a thing, there seems no valid reason why it might not have been.
The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879
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