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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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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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libertine

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/Used In Literature ↓

Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.

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Poetry examples for libertine

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

play, entitled _Atheista Fulminato_ [_vide ante_, the 'Introduction to

_Don Juan_'] ... which under various names (_Don Juan_, the _Libertine_,

etc.) has had its day of favour in every country throughout Europe ...

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