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sweetSee suite. sweet 1. (of wine, etc.) having a relatively high sugar content; not dry 2. free from unpleasant odours 3. containing no corrosive substances 4. (of petrol) containing no sulphur compounds 5. Jazz performed with a regular beat, with the emphasis on clearly outlined melody and little improvisation www.completechocolate.com Sweet Henry. 1845--1912, English philologist; a pioneer of modern phonetics. His books include A History of English Sounds (1874) 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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| Once, in the days when the Imperial Institute rose in South Kensington, and Joseph Chamberlain was booming the Empire, I induced the editor of a leading monthly review to commission an article from Sweet on the imperial importance of his subject. For December, and January, and the latter part of November, you must take such things as are green all winter: holly; ivy; bays; juniper; cypress-trees; yew; pine-apple-trees; fir-trees; rosemary; lavender; periwinkle, the white, the purple, and the blue; germander; flags; orangetrees; lemon-trees; and myrtles, if they be stoved; and sweet marjoram, warm set. Then sweet music sounded on the air, and the loud tones were hushed, as in wondering silence the Fairies waited what should come. |
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