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Gloominess Cimmerians dwellers in the land beyond Ocean, where the sun never shone. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey XI:14] region of everlasting night and endless cold. [Scand. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 642] 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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Hence perhaps she had contracted a little gloominess of temper, for she was rather a good servant than a good wife; nor had she always the gratitude to return the extraordinary degree of roaring mirth, with which the squire received her, even with a good-humoured smile. And by the same token, how was I to guess that her brother Pat's offishness with me was anything else than temperamental gloominess of spirit? In spite of the gloominess of nature around him, he felt peculiarly eager. |
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