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Letter "P" » purple
«The turgid style of Johnson, the purple glare of Gibbon, and even the studied and thickset metaphors of Junius are all equally unnatural, and should not be admitted into our company.»
Author: Benjamin Rush
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Physician)
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Keywords:
admitted,
gibbon,
glare,
glaring,
Johnson,
Junius,
purple,
studied,
thickset,
turgid,
unnatural
«When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me, And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves, And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter»
Author: Jenny Joseph
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Keywords:
brandies,
brandy,
butter,
gloved,
gloves,
hat,
old woman,
pension,
pensions,
purple,
red,
sandal,
sandals,
satin,
Satins,
suit,
summer
«Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.»
«The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour.»
«This donut has purple in the middle, purple is a fruit.»
«The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, / And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; / And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, / When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.»
Author: Lord Byron
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Keywords:
Assyrian,
Assyrians,
cohort,
cohorts,
Deep Blue,
deep sea,
fold,
Galilee,
gleaming,
nightly,
purple,
rolls,
roll down,
Sea of Galilee,
sheen,
spears
«There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.»
«The purple testament of bleeding war.»