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predicament Logic obsolete one of Aristotle's ten categories of being Predicament Dancy, Captain Ronald must persecute friend to save own skin. [Br. Lit.: Loyalties, Magill I, 533–534] knot inextricable difficulty; Alexander cut the original. [Gk. Hist.: Espy, 49] hero must choose one of two doors. [Am. Lit.: The Lady or the Tiger] loves husband; forced into adultery by patron. [Ger. Opera: d’Albert, Tiefland, Westerman, 373] and Charybdis two equally dangerous alternatives. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey, Espy, 41] cliffs at Black Sea entrance; clashed together as ships passed through. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 251] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It is difficult for a seaman to believe that his stranded ship does not feel as unhappy at the unnatural predicament of having no water under her keel as he is himself at feeling her stranded. It was not, I am as sure today as I was sure then, my mere infernal imagination: it was absolutely traceable that they were aware of my predicament and that this strange relation made, in a manner, for a long time, the air in which we moved. In a country in the predicament last described, the contrary of all this happens. |
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