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I was equally delighted and surprised at her hu-morous raillery, but could not answer a single word.
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That on Truth exhibits the author's singular talent of blending the hu - morous and the sublime: in his portrait of the sanctified prude, he is at once the copyist and compeer of Hogarth; — in his picture of cheerful piety, and true Christian freedom, he soars to a species of excellence, that the pencil of that admirable though limited artist could not com - mand.
The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq: With Remarks on Epistolary Writers William Hayley , William Cowper 1812
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But the bustling, cla - morous cabal sometimes pass off their interested noise for the acclamations of the public.
Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays and Verses John Ferriar 1812
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But the bustling, cla - morous cabal sometimes pass oft 'their interested noise for the acclamations of le public.
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Acted at Dub* appear, no critics are more cla - lin about 1776 'N.P. morous on some occasions than our
Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse: 1782
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1559: Bride about the necke, and kist her lips with such a cla-morous
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Moynahan, in noting a pub - characters in the novel only serve to cover the "pa - lisher's blurb saying that the book was" rich, hu - triarchal power inscribed in traditional narrative morous, and wise, "wrote:" The book is certainly conventions. "
corylusavellana commented on the word morous
Of which amorous is the inverse.
January 2, 2009