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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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venerable

Part of Speech: adjectivePronunciation: /ˈvɛnəɹəbl/Used In Literature ↓

Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.

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old venerablebede venerablefather venerableman venerable. venerableage venerable
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Poetry examples for venerable

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

spared during his life, has been much canvassed by divines. I indulge

myself in a tribute to a most venerable character, when I state, that

the most ingenious discourses I ever heard from the pulpit, were upon

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