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gunpowder spirit

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  • Attributed to a person easily inflamed.

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    1625 BP. R. MONTAGU App. Cæsar. II. i. 112 "Men of moving violent, Quicksilver, Gunpowder spirits..."

    1596 SHAKES. 1 Hen. IV, V. iv. 123, "I am affraide of this Gun-powder Percy though he be dead."

    February 13, 2007