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sitting 1. the act or period of posing for one's portrait to be painted, carved, etc. 2. a meeting, esp of an official body, to conduct business 3. the incubation period of a bird's eggs during which the mother sits on them to keep them warm 4. Politics, Law in office 5. (of a hen) brooding eggs |
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He had a long bushy tail which he was sitting upon, as the stump was somewhat damp. But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if its soul in that one word he did outpour Nothing farther then he uttered; not a feather then he fluttered-- Till I scarcely more than muttered: "Other friends have flown before-- On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before. |
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