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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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burgage

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡɪd͡ʒ/

A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and ward

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tenure burgageplots burgagetenements burgagetenures burgageboroughs burgageholders burgageburgage freeburgage held
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socagesocagersocmanrylandgablesokemanrysokecapiteserjeanty

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