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Whether by the "Spasmodic" method or otherwise, Carlyle dragged more true orients out of the depths than did any of his contemporaries; and that is saying much, for "there were giants in those days," and they were neither few nor far between.
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UESTLOVE "THOMPSON (Drummer, The Roots):" Spasmodic, "I'm putting that one in my? uestsaurus," spasmodic. "
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UESTLOVE "THOMPSON (Drummer, The Roots):" Spasmodic, "I'm putting that one in my? uestsaurus," spasmodic. "
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Macgregor Card took the title of his debut poetry collection Duties of an English Foreign Secretary (winner of the 2009 Fence Modern Poets Series) from an essay written in 1852 by the Spasmodic poet Sydney Dobell (above).
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Spasmodic was a term used (often pejoratively) to label a type of poetry popular in the 1850s, verse dramas with the poet as the protagonist.
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Spasmodic dystonia and the power of the mind « One Size Fits One
Spasmodic dystonia and the power of the mind « One Size Fits One 2009
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He began an “Earthquake Almanac” in his notebook; a characteristic sample read: “Nov. 2—Spasmodic but exhilarating earthquakes, accompanied by occasional showers of rain, and churches and things.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Twain kept a regular “Earthquake Almanac,” noting in one characteristic entry: “Nov. 2—Spasmodic but exhilarating earthquakes.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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He began an “Earthquake Almanac” in his notebook; a characteristic sample read: “Nov. 2—Spasmodic but exhilarating earthquakes, accompanied by occasional showers of rain, and churches and things.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Spasmodic was used in a pejorative sense by her mentor, Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
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