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  • 51On the Manner of Addressing Clouds — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was first published in 1921 according to Librivox[1] and is therefore in the public domain.[1]    On the Manner of Addressing Clouds  Gloomy… …

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  • 52Charles J. Dunphie — Charles James Dunphie (1820–1908) was an Irish journalist, art and literary critic, songwriter and poet. Dunphie was an art and theatre critic for more than 60 years. He was the eldest son of Michael Dunphie, of Rathdowney House, Rathdowney,… …

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  • 53Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye — (рус. Джонни, я с трудом тебя узнала , другие варианты названия Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye и Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya ) популярная ирландская народная антивоенная песня. Она появилась в начале XIX века, когда ирландские войска служили Британской… …

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  • 54dismal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cheerless, depressing, gloomy; doleful, somber, funereal. See dejection.Ant., joyous, delightful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Depressing] Syn. gloomy, dreary, melancholy, dark, cheerless, bleak,… …

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  • 55dolorous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mournful (see dejection). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mournful, sorrowful, distressed, grievous; see sad 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. sad, sorrowful, painful, grievous, heartrending,… …

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  • 56lugubrious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mournful, doleful, dejected. See dejection. Ant., cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dismal, mournful, pensive; see sad 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Full of or expressive of sorrow:… …

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  • 57mournful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful; gloomy, dreary. See dejection, lamentation. Ant., cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Afflicted with sorrow] Syn. sorrowful, mourning, forlorn, unhappy; see sad 1 . 2. [Suggestive of… …

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  • 58plaintive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mournful, wistful, sad, melancholy, sorrowful. See lamentation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. melancholy, pitiful, mournful; see sad 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PLANE tiv] …

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  • 59woeful — I woebegone, woeful (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful, unhappy. See dejection. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. full of woe, mournful, miserable; see pitiful 1 , sorry 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. see woebegone IV (Roget …

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  • 60sorrowful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grieved, afflicted, sad, in sorrow, in mourning, depressed, dejected; see also sad 1 . See Synonym Study at sad . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. grieving, grief stricken, sad, heartbroken, heavyhearted, melancholy,… …

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