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To be withheld upon any account, must be a vexation; but to be withheld by a vexation — must certainly be, what philosophy justly calls Vexation upon Vexation.
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To be withheld upon any account, must be a vexation; but to be withheld by a vexation — must certainly be, what philosophy justly calls Vexation upon Vexation.
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Vexation awakening a pearl in the flesh of an oyster.
My House In The Middle Of The Ocean John Olson 2011
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“I wish for Nothing so much as to be relieved from this cursed Scene of Drudgery and Vexation,” he told the delegates.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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“I wish for Nothing so much as to be relieved from this cursed Scene of Drudgery and Vexation,” he told the delegates.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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Being thus stung to the Quick, he left her House in great Vexation of Spirit:
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~ European Vexation -- Arctic science is vital to our understanding of climate change, and European scientists have begun to invest in it in a big way.
Speedlinking 12/26/07 William Harryman 2007
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Vexation with Tyeglev and with myself succeeded the amazement with which I was overcome at first.
Knock, knock, knock 2006
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Vexation spiked in Annouras scent, though her ageless Aes Sedai face, framed by dozens of thin braids, remained as smooth as ever.
Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005
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Vexation is the attitude of the individual as intelligence towards the check imposed upon a strong manifestation of the individual as will.
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