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groundwork the ground or background of a painting, etc. 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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especially with such a groundwork of anticipation as her mind had already made. To Confucius, as has been already stated, is due that groundwork of Chinese poetry -- the Odes. The author considered that the only two of these chapters which were in the least important, owing to their extent, were chapters on art and history which in no way interfered with the groundwork of the drama and the romance, that the public would not notice their loss, and that he, the author, would alone be in possession of the secret. |
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