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He liked to fancy himself as a chieftain and to dress for the part.
dress
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He liked to fancy himself as a chieftain and to dress for the part.
part
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[ "an actor's portrayal of someone in a play" ]
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Being
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
somewhat
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
delicate
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
health
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
age
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
sixteen
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
sent
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Southern
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Europe
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
at once
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
developed
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
passion
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
so
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
spent
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
nearly
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
following
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
ten
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
years
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
abroad
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Italy
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
then
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Greece
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Egypt
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Asia Minor
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Being somewhat delicate in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Southern Europe, for which he at once developed a passion, so that he spent nearly all of the following ten years abroad, at first in Italy, then in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Palestine
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In one of his summers at home he married, to the great disapproval of his father, who objected because of his extreme youth.
summers
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In one of his summers at home he married, to the great disapproval of his father, who objected because of his extreme youth.
home
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married
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disapproval
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father
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objected
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In one of his summers at home he married, to the great disapproval of his father, who objected because of his extreme youth.
extreme
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In one of his summers at home he married, to the great disapproval of his father, who objected because of his extreme youth.
youth
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
Deciding
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
become
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
painter
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
entered
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
studio
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Gerome
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Paris
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
soon
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
found
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
have
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
not
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
lie in
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Deciding to become a painter, he entered the studio of Gerome in Paris, where he enjoyed the life of the artists, but soon found that whatever talent he might have did not lie in that direction.
direction
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He gives us an account of this in his lively and humorous poem, `` The Happy Artists ''.
gives
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He gives us an account of this in his lively and humorous poem, `` The Happy Artists ''.
account
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He gives us an account of this in his lively and humorous poem, `` The Happy Artists ''.
lively
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He gives us an account of this in his lively and humorous poem, `` The Happy Artists ''.
humorous
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He gives us an account of this in his lively and humorous poem, `` The Happy Artists ''.
poem
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[ "a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines" ]
[ "poem%1:10:00::" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
scanned
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[ "make a wide, sweeping search of" ]
[ "scan%2:35:00::" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
world
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[ "all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you", "everything that exists anywhere" ]
[ "world%1:09:00::", "world%1:17:01::" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
printed symbol
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[ "a written or printed symbol" ]
[ "printed_symbol%1:10:00::" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
swart
{ "name": "swart", "sense_definitions_list": [ "naturally having skin of a dark color" ] }
[ "naturally having skin of a dark color" ]
[ "swart%5:00:00:brunet:00" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
beggar
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[ "a pauper who lives by begging" ]
[ "beggar%1:18:00::" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
rags
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[ "a small piece of cloth or paper" ]
[ "rag%1:06:00::" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
strove
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[ "attempt by employing effort" ]
[ "strive%2:41:00::" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
see
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[ "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally", "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight" ]
[ "see%2:31:01::", "see%2:39:00::" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
inner
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[ "located inward; - Leonard Bernstein; - David Denby; - A.R.Gurney,Jr." ]
[ "inner%5:00:00:inward:00" ]
`` I scanned the world through printed symbol swart, And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man.
man
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[ "the generic use of the word to refer to any human being" ]
[ "man%1:18:04::" ]
I looked unceasingly With my cold mind and with my burning heart ''.
looked
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[ "search or seek" ]
[ "look%2:39:02::" ]
I looked unceasingly With my cold mind and with my burning heart ''.
unceasingly
{ "name": "unceasingly", "sense_definitions_list": [ "with unflagging resolve" ] }
[ "with unflagging resolve" ]
[ "unceasingly%4:02:00::" ]
I looked unceasingly With my cold mind and with my burning heart ''.
cold
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[ "extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion" ]
[ "cold%3:00:02::" ]
I looked unceasingly With my cold mind and with my burning heart ''.
mind
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[ "that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason" ]
[ "mind%1:09:00::" ]
I looked unceasingly With my cold mind and with my burning heart ''.
heart
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[ "the locus of feelings and intuitions" ]
[ "heart%1:09:00::" ]
In this final line, we have the key to his nature.
final
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[ "occurring at or forming an end or termination" ]
[ "final%5:00:00:closing:00" ]
In this final line, we have the key to his nature.
line
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[ "text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen" ]
[ "line%1:10:02::" ]
In this final line, we have the key to his nature.
have
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[ "get something; come into possession of" ]
[ "have%2:40:03::" ]
In this final line, we have the key to his nature.
key
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[ "something crucial for explaining" ]
[ "key%1:09:00::" ]
In this final line, we have the key to his nature.
nature
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[ "the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions" ]
[ "nature%1:07:01::" ]
Few writers have better understood their deepest selves.
Few
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[ "a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number" ]
[ "few%3:00:00::" ]
Few writers have better understood their deepest selves.
writers
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[ "writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)" ]
[ "writer%1:18:00::" ]
Few writers have better understood their deepest selves.
better
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[ "comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc." ]
[ "better%4:02:00::" ]
Few writers have better understood their deepest selves.
understood
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[ "know and comprehend the nature or meaning of" ]
[ "understand%2:31:00::" ]
Few writers have better understood their deepest selves.
deepest
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[ "marked by depth of thinking" ]
[ "deep%5:00:00:profound:00" ]
Few writers have better understood their deepest selves.
selves
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[ "your consciousness of your own identity" ]
[ "self%1:09:00::" ]
Heidenstam could never be satisfied by surface.
Heidenstam
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[ "a human being" ]
[ "person%1:03:00::" ]
Heidenstam could never be satisfied by surface.
never
{ "name": "never", "sense_definitions_list": [ "not ever; at no time in the past or future", "not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances" ] }
[ "not ever; at no time in the past or future" ]
[ "never%4:02:00::" ]
Heidenstam could never be satisfied by surface.
satisfied
{ "name": "satisfy", "sense_definitions_list": [ "meet the requirements or expectations of", "make happy or satisfied", "fill or meet a want or need" ] }
[ "make happy or satisfied" ]
[ "satisfy%2:37:00::" ]
Heidenstam could never be satisfied by surface.
surface
{ "name": "surface", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary", "the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object", "the outermost level of the land or sea", "a superficial aspect as opposed...
[ "a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something" ]
[ "surface%1:09:00::" ]
It may, however, be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris.
noted
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[ "make mention of" ]
[ "note%2:32:00::" ]
It may, however, be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris.
gift
{ "name": "gift", "sense_definitions_list": [ "something acquired without compensation", "natural abilities or qualities", "the act of giving", "give qualities or abilities to", "give as a present; make a gift of" ] }
[ "natural abilities or qualities" ]
[ "gift%1:09:00::" ]
It may, however, be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris.
color
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[ "interest and variety and intensity", "an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading" ]
[ "color%1:07:03::", "color%1:07:04::" ]
It may, however, be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris.
imagery
{ "name": "imagery", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the ability to form mental images of things or events" ] }
[ "the ability to form mental images of things or events" ]
[ "imagery%1:09:00::" ]
It may, however, be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris.
greatly
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[ "to an extraordinary extent or degree" ]
[ "greatly%4:02:00::" ]
It may, however, be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris.
stimulated
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[ "stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of" ]
[ "stimulate%2:37:00::" ]
It may, however, be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris.
stay
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[ "continuing or remaining in a place or state" ]
[ "stay%1:04:00::" ]
It may, however, be noted that his gift for color and imagery must have been greatly stimulated by his stay in Paris.
Paris
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[ "the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce" ]
[ "paris%1:15:00::" ]
The first result of Heidenstam 's long sojourn abroad was a volume of poems, Pilgrimage and Wander Years ( Vallfart och vandringsar ), published in 1888.
first
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[ "preceding all others in time or space or degree" ]
[ "first%3:00:00::" ]
The first result of Heidenstam 's long sojourn abroad was a volume of poems, Pilgrimage and Wander Years ( Vallfart och vandringsar ), published in 1888.
result
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[ "a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon" ]
[ "result%1:19:00::" ]
The first result of Heidenstam 's long sojourn abroad was a volume of poems, Pilgrimage and Wander Years ( Vallfart och vandringsar ), published in 1888.
Heidenstam
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[ "a human being" ]
[ "person%1:03:00::" ]
The first result of Heidenstam 's long sojourn abroad was a volume of poems, Pilgrimage and Wander Years ( Vallfart och vandringsar ), published in 1888.
long
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[ "primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified" ]
[ "long%3:00:02::" ]
The first result of Heidenstam 's long sojourn abroad was a volume of poems, Pilgrimage and Wander Years ( Vallfart och vandringsar ), published in 1888.
sojourn
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[ "a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)" ]
[ "sojourn%1:04:00::" ]