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A shadow that lifted a great head, gave voice, quintes-sentially feline, and began to harmonize with Elric.
The Dreamthief's Daughter Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2001
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The work of Paracelsus is reminiscent of medie - val distillation chemistry, but by the end of the century iatrochemists were turning less to distilled quintes - sences and more to precipitates and residues in their search for new remedies.
ALCHEMY ALLEN G. DEBUS 1968
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But that circumstance which is to me the very quintes sence of terror is Night and A Man.
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