As is the hallowed custom with philosophers, the thinking of all of them is by nature unhistorical. |
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Even though the Establishment is a relic, there are many men, prigs by nature, in either party who fancy themselves a suitable part of it. |
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Of course, I'm not by nature a cheek-turning sort, but I think that has too often been the administration's approach. |
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The project is collaborative by nature and is a successful example of a public and private sector partnership. |
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There is a heavy use of earthly colours of tree-bark brown and earth red in Aboriginal art as the Aborigines are deeply influenced by nature. |
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For example, the older, pre-scientific account of the human body had regarded a person's social rank as destined by nature. |
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Most clematis are climbers by nature, and because they are not self-supporting, they will happily wander up any nearby plant or support. |
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The technology of virtual education can revise or remake the limits, which are given us by our histories and by nature. |
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I am not by nature paranoid, at least no more than anyone else, however they really have got it in for me. |
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My piece is based on the Hakka's hard-working and stoic spirit, and their wisdom in solving problems posed by nature. |
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First of all newspapers are rather flimsy by nature and thus quite perishable and this fragility tends to limit value. |
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Guinea fowls, though hardy by nature, are susceptible to bacterial, round worm and ranikhet infections. |
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However, we Canucks are by nature so laid-back, how can it hurt for the music industry to get together and pat each other on the back? |
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While he was not a violent person by nature, he knew that there was within him the potential to do harm to himself or to others. |
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Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top. |
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Gullible by nature, they are easily swayed by catchy slogans and start seeking cathartic relief in communal frenzy. |
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Cowardice is a concept foreign to your very being, and by nature you are something of an adventurer. |
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It is by nature a very porous material and often cannot be completely restored. |
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Shy and solitary by nature, tapirs are often hunted in their native countries for their hide, which is tough and leathery. |
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Continually inspired by nature, Burton decorated many screens with floral sprays and more stylized organic designs. |
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He says we are by nature political beings, whose capacities are fully realized in a specific kind of political community. |
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The laughter was surprising in that the play, by nature of its disjointed scenes, never manages to flow along. |
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They are by nature fastidiously clean and typically free from body odour and parasites. |
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And so the human being is by nature a doxological being, and a Eucharistic being. |
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Decisions about whether the threshold has been crossed are difficult precisely because they are, by nature, anticipatory and extrapolative. |
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Both were abstemious by nature, but knew how to enjoy themselves and were interesting company. |
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He is a quiet man by nature, the last player one would expect to run off his mouth in the locker room. |
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It could be avoided only when a mother let herself be guided by nature and reason instead of blind love. |
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Interest in whether the essentials of being human are given to us by nature or by nurture has a long pedigree. |
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Universities are by nature institutions where such debate and disagreements must occur. |
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Although affectionate and loyal by nature, this combination can be aggressive in relationships. |
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Her eyes, normally a light green by nature, glimmered turquoise in the light. |
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Wind speed has a time-varying pattern by nature, especially inside the stands where turbulence in airflows is high. |
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Born in Clooncormack, Hollymount she was kind-hearted by nature and generous to all and will be missed by her relations and neighbours. |
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As we affect and transform nature, so we are affected and transformed by nature. |
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Tadao Ando's stark concrete walls, for instance, assume the remarkable potency of mass transformed by nature when animated by changing light. |
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In a world of limits imposed by nature and history, libertarianism represents a powerful vision of escape. |
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In a world of limits imposed by nature and society, libertarianism represents a powerful vision of escape. |
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Their type of skepticism about what is good or bad by nature allowed Pyrrhonists to choose and avoid things according to habit and custom. |
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I don't play the lotto and I avoid gambling at all costs because I'm a risk-taker by nature. |
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In fact, Aristotle often indicates that dialectical argument is by nature refutative. |
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A person of unassuming nature, she took things in her stride and was independent by nature. |
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He is not by nature honest or open about anything, and has a hard time seeing the gradations that exist in normal human relations. |
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I'm not a screamer by nature but I screamed then, a high piercing shriek that I could scarcely believe had come from my throat. |
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They were industrious by nature with a strong work ethic and a firm belief in self-sufficiency. |
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It was arrogant pretension of the ancient Greeks to imagine that barbarians were slaves by nature. |
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With a wing span of up to 5ft and a distinctive long, forked tail, the red kite is a scavenger by nature and akin to a vulture. |
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Names are not determined by nature, nor is one name for a thing more correct than another. |
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He was by nature insecure and self-doubting, the victim of depressive moods and bouts of indolence. |
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In fact, many people believe gangsters and hoodlums are vicious and violent by nature. |
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They were easy targets, as the presence of people doesn't seem to disturb them and they are placid and friendly by nature. |
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Lydie, a more calm and tidy girl by nature, had graduated at the top of her class back in Mount Lennon. |
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Yet he is a keen sighted and extraordinary man, gentle I think by nature and at once timid, modest and reticent. |
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In forests that by nature burn lightly and frequently, putting out every fire can leave tinder to build up and fuel a much greater conflagration. |
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Docile and inoffensive by nature, the anteater's principal enemies are the puma and the jaguar. |
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Metaphysical entities are by nature and definition utterly transcendent of the physical. |
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It is by nature a great shiny machine, although stubborn conductorial minds can force it to rise above itself. |
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Bass being pugnacious and aggressive creatures by nature, the take is often a very violent affair. |
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One of my favorite talks was the presentation on biomimicry, or innovation inspired by nature. |
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The notion that unequal social statuses and roles were allotted by nature and the gods or God made these allotments permanent and unalterable. |
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In the novel the young girl who was initiated into the movement was an articulate student, a dissenter by nature. |
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Skiers and boarders are a pretty independent bunch by nature so organising a trip to the mountains is not that difficult. |
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And concept cars are niche vehicles almost by nature, and niches are places the majors visit all too infrequently. |
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She was not a demanding person by nature, but if she were left with her questions for much longer she'd very well seek answers on her own! |
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Sunny by name and sunny by nature, she says that laughter and living well are the best revenge for what has happened to her. |
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Naturalistic and unforced, each character is played with sufficient poise, often understated and enigmatic by nature. |
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A bird builds a nest, or the rabbit a burrow, the bee its comb, the beaver a dam, by nature, as Aristotle would say. |
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She was a rather cunning and sly teenager by nature, accented by her narrow brown eyes and usual smirk. |
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We are by nature incurably drawn to ritual in the realms of both the sacred and the profane. |
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Mercury is, by nature, ambivalent, difficult to see, neither one thing nor the other. |
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I'm not a fisherperson by nature, but there's something primevally attractive about fishing in the summer. |
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Putting aside for a moment that it's primarily non-verbal, so by nature it defies verbal explanation, but I'm also by no means as adept as I intend to be. |
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Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature. |
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Convivial by nature, he not doubt joined in when others were celebrating, allowing his boisterous high spirits free rein. |
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Having said that, how about one of us Joe Schmoes styling a raw piece of collected material, influenced not by nature, but by one of these cookie cutter bonsai. |
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Zarle, by nature, was rambunctious and actively explored the woods. |
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He laughs at these great transformations of nature by nature. |
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They gather and sleep in open fields, surrounded by nature and the stillness of the night. |
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All of our best dogs were already on the lowest rung of the pack hierarchy when we got them because they were the litter runts or just submissive by nature. |
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Students, passionate idealists by nature, but in a different camp from the old-school utopians, were most sensitive to the faults of their society. |
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Never having won as much as a toffee apple in a raffle, I thought we had agreed we were not lucky by nature and would not invest in Premium Bonds. |
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This could be the deliberate deception practised by the stock character of the trickster or that practised by nature through the phenomenon of twins. |
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The Bogomils of 10th century Bulgaria taught a life of penitence, prayer, wandering and simple worship in order to escape a world deemed evil by nature. |
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Quiet by nature, Fellows is fearless at the crease and his adventurous approach helped him to prosper while Vaughan seemed undismayed by all that had previously happened. |
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For example, animals by nature do not have an odd number of feet. |
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In fact, the view is that the party has to keep the government on its toes, precisely because governments are by nature conservative and are upholders of the status-quo. |
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Zoos, by nature, are breeding grounds for high numbers of rodents. |
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I was a pacifist by nature, and had always bruised easily as a child. |
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Her physicality overwhelmed me and I was then callowly jealous by nature. |
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Adherents prefer to say that authentic Calvinism is by nature evangelical. |
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Affable by nature, Wallace moves from the stage to the bar and back again, using words of thanks and admiration to chat up everyone within his orbit. |
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I believe in order and justice. I believe that people are by nature good. |
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Named after the Tipperary stud farm they own, it refers to a group of immensely rich Irish high rollers who are gamblers by nature, trade and inclination. |
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They are by nature generous, kind-hearted and charitable people. |
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He admits he is impatient by nature, but believes speed is of the essence. |
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But luckily pictograms by nature transcend language barriers. |
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He then goes on to show the differences between complementary colours, muted colours, contrasting colours and the colours produced by man and by nature. |
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What Camus is saying is that man is condemned by nature and circumstances to spiritual exile, always seeking an inner kingdom in which to be reborn. |
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This has always been a little hard for me, since I'm a fiery guy by nature, but Coach has really taught me a lot about controlling my emotions on the court. |
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Generous by nature, she was a neighbour and friend of the highest order. |
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Grace, shy by nature, found the glare of publicity unwelcome. |
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According to MacDougall, game development is, by nature, dynamic. |
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Old-style, double-hung window frames are drafty by nature, so what you gain in energy efficiency with the double glazing, you may lose in the design of the old windows. |
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The artist, Sara Riaz in her own personal statement said, I am inspired by nature and the human condition, working mainly in oil and gesso. |
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Davies, whose work, much of which was inspired by nature, he greatly admired. |
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Independent and rebellious by nature, Churchill generally had a poor academic record in school. |
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Unregulated expansion into a region meant by nature to be range country did serious, often irreparate, damage to the land. |
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Years of settlement had left large Portuguese communities under the rule of the Dutch, who were by nature traders rather than colonizers. |
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Ions are atoms that have an electric charge and by nature are inclined to take part in reactions. |
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Thus a colonial bishop and colonial diocese was by nature quite a different thing from their counterparts back home. |
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The Dork trilogy stands witness to the scintillating wit and humor of which he is a master by nature. |
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This expanded work is limited to war patients and invalids, and it is temporary by nature, but this does not dimish its value. |
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It has something to do with people who are by nature depressives seeking out pursuits that almost demand depressiveness. |
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So by nature we are the stalwarts who use their words and thoughts to bring them a barbarocracy of unparalleled freedom. |
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He often remarked that he was by nature shy, had a weak voice, and felt himself ungifted as a public speaker. |
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But we are climbers and crawlers by nature and alphabet spelunkers only by outside intervention. |
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Another skinnymalink, thought Jana. Were all journalists thin by nature, or did chasing after stories keep the pounds off? |
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He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it. |
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Despite a public image of unflappable calm, Macmillan was by nature nervous and highly strung. |
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There are a number of traditional terms in historical linguistics designating types of phonetic change, either by nature or result. |
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Webster was by nature a revolutionary, seeking American independence from the cultural thralldom to Britain. |
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Although Pademelons are solitary and territorial by nature, it is not uncommon to witness small groups feeding in close proximity to one another. |
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Laotians are laidback by nature, but they are also generous and good-humored. |
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God the creator, having divinity by nature, offers each person participation in divinity by cooperatively accepting His gift of grace. |
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Therefore action for an end is present in things which come to be and are by nature. |
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Although rather solitary and introspective by nature, Elgar thrived in Worcester's musical circles. |
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There certainly is, amongst mankind, a vast weight of opinion against my position that man is, by nature, as either-handed as an ape, and that custom should follow nature. |
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The new line will feature drusy, turquoise and black tourmaline in pave settings and intricately detailed metal work, inspired by nature and interiors. |
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The sophisticated property brings the outdoors inside with its pale greys, citrines, lavender fabrics, soft furnishings and wall coverings inspired by nature. |
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Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest of all. |
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Being by nature of a cheerful disposition, the symptom did not surprise his servant, late private of the same famous regiment, who was laying breakfast in an adjoining room. |
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Furthermore, people by nature enjoy relating miracles they have heard without caring for their veracity and thus miracles are easily transmitted even where false. |
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Gorgeous of voice and sensual by nature are the Three Ladies, while the capering henchmen and even priests are all ashen-faced, seemingly raised from the crypt. |
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Radical by nature, Gopinath was interested in studies from his childhood. |
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A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act. |
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Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile. |
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