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An abandoned and exaggerated grief An accidental encounter An act of folly amounting to wickedness An afternoon of painfully constrained behavior An agreeable image of serene dignity An air of artificial constraint An air of round-eyed profundity An alarmed sense of strange responsibilities An almost excessive exactness An almost sepulchral regularity and seclusion An ample and imposing structure An apostle of unworldly ardor An appreciable menace An ardent and gifted youth An arid dictum An artful and malignant enemy An assumption entirely gratuitous An assumption which proved erroneous An atmosphere of sunny gaiety An attitude of passive impartiality An authoritative and conclusive inquiry An egregious assumption [egregious = outrageously reprehensible] An elaborate assumption of indifference An endless field for discussion An enervating and emasculating form of indulgence An ennobling and invigorating influence An entirely negligible quantity An essentially grotesque and commonplace thing An eternal and imperishable example An exalted and chimerical sense of honor [chimerical = highly improbable] An excess of unadulterated praise An excessive refinement of feeling An expression at once confident and appealing An extensive and populous country An habitual steadiness and coolness of reflection An honest and unquestioning pride An icy indifference An idle and unworthy action An ill-assorted vocabulary An immeasurable advantage An imminent and overmastering peril An imperturbable demeanor and steadiness of mind An implacable foe An inborn and irresistible impulse An incongruous spectacle An incredible mental agility An indefinable taint of priggishness [priggishness = exaggerated propriety] An indescribable frankness and simplicity of character An indolent surrender to mere sensuous experience An indomitable and unselfish soul An ineradicable love of fun and mystification An inevitable factor of human conduct An inexhaustible copiousness and readiness of speech An insatiable appetite for trifles An insatiable voracity An inscrutable mystery An intentional breach of politeness An interchange of civilities An intolerable deal of guesswork An involuntary gesture of remonstrance An irrelevant bit of magniloquence [magniloquence = extravagant in speech] An irrepressible and impassioned hopefulness An irritating and dangerous treatment An itching propensity for argument An object of indestructible interest An obnoxious member of society An ominous lull and silence An open and violent rupture An outburst of impassioned eloquence An unaccountable feeling of antipathy An unbecoming vehemence An undisciplined state of feeling An unerring sense of humor An unparalleled and almost miraculous growth An unparalleled atrocity An unpatriotic and ignoble act An unreasoning form of coercion An utterly vile and detestable spirit And now I address myself to my task And the like Announced in a tone of pious satisfaction Another thought importuned him [importuned = insistent or repeated requests] Anticipated with lively expectation Apparent rather than real Appeal to a tardy justice Appreciably above the level of mediocrity Arbitrary assumption of power Ardently and enthusiastically convinced Argued with immense force and feeling Arrayed with scrupulous neatness Arrogance and untutored haughtiness As an impartial bystander As belated as they are fallacious As by a secret of freemasonry As odious as it is absurd As ridiculous as it was unnecessary As we scan the vague unknown Assailed by poignant doubts Assume a menacing attitude Assumed almost heroic proportions At once epigrammatic and arresting [epigrammatic = terse and witty] At once misleading and infelicitous At the mercy of small prejudices Attained by rigorous self-restraint Attended by insuperable difficulties Averted by some happy stroke of fortune Await the sentence of impartial posterity Awaited with feverish anxiety <h4 id="id15093" style="margin-top: 2em">B</h4> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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