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Whereat, albeit created man by her, he reproaches nature, and the sculptor, circumstance; forgetting that to make him man is their sole duty, and that what betrayed him was the difficulty thrown in their way by his quondam self -- the pleasant boonfellow!
Sandra Belloni — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Clotilde acquiesced: she chimed to it like a fair boonfellow of the rollicking faun.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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His robustness of body and soul inspired the wish that his well-born wife might be, in her dainty fashion, yet honestly and without mincing, his possible boonfellow: he and she, glass in hand, thanking the bountiful heavens, blessing mankind in chorus.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Whereat, albeit created man by her, he reproaches nature, and the sculptor, circumstance; forgetting that to make him man is their sole duty, and that what betrayed him was the difficulty thrown in their way by his quondam self -- the pleasant boonfellow!
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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His robustness of body and soul inspired the wish that his well-born wife might be, in her dainty fashion, yet honestly and without mincing, his possible boonfellow: he and she, glass in hand, thanking the bountiful heavens, blessing mankind in chorus.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Clotilde acquiesced: she chimed to it like a fair boonfellow of the rollicking faun.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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His robustness of body and soul inspired the wish that his well-born wife might be, in her dainty fashion, yet honestly and without mincing, his possible boonfellow: he and she, glass in hand, thanking the bountiful heavens, blessing mankind in chorus.
The Tragic Comedians — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Clotilde acquiesced: she chimed to it like a fair boonfellow of the rollicking faun.
The Tragic Comedians — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Whereat, albeit created man by her, he reproaches nature, and the sculptor, circumstance; forgetting that to make him man is their sole duty, and that what betrayed him was the difficulty thrown in their way by his quondam self -- the pleasant boonfellow!
Sandra Belloni — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
sparklefarkle commented on the word boonfellow
warm companion
September 24, 2008
sparklefarkle commented on the word boonfellow
a boon-fellow is a warm companion
October 3, 2008