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derisive taunts bring forth disdainful replies ........................................................................................................................... riposte retort paw! pedagogical preparation purports to provide posterity with purpose ever rash never deliberate always cruel never kind reckless not heedful never humble ever proud Heedful of potential consequences no benefit for the populace woeful assembly dissentious delirious appetite desires malevolent food which engenders fetid increase these several places scabrous insolence contempt insolent disdain evasive circumvention tender embracement cruel war luxuriant voluptuous in cruelty voluptuous madness fierce thunder didst make the earth tremble most cordial …show more content…

aye I would get thee ready he would conquer but not rule the world to lay waste and disbuild plinth from pedestal is his comportment but to make the market place a venue for the merchant he disdains to contempt he shows voluptuous contempt she is a vile voluptuary he clasps base knaves to his bosom but eschews the wise counselor with hatred sick man tosses his bed clothes and hurls him from his person as the bivalve clam suffers in the surf gulping clean water as the remorseless tide pounds sand in its gullet profligate in death warlike service the dogs of envy eat ate him day and night without surfeit expository ancient strength profligate in blood his warlike blade ostentatious with blood unwholesome insurrection in strange husbandry the citizenry aligns with the aristocrats and een the nobles in enmity against the crown I am joyful to hear of his …show more content…

broken on the anvil of ambition my brawn false report actioned they will be executed as I sip wine and fondle a creamy breast ruddy war is bold, arousing. stimulating peace is phlegmatic, soporific, full of lack Cry confusion and let discord reign wailing lamentation valiant buffoon banish'd from memory knowing the very road unto my heart the doting whelp pants for affection vehement ignorance ...................................................................................... a destiny of fire is there no reprieve in your mendacity my entertainment of death whence the spectators swoon my jealous

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