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"ref": "c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 366:",
"text": "Go backe I warrant thee: but Ile catch thine eyes / Though they had wings. Slaue, Soule-leſſe, Villain, Dog. / O rarely baſe!",
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"text": "Oh! who young Leila's glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?",
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"ref": "1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 3, in The Monster Men, published 1929:",
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"text": "St Pancras is no longer soulless. The NRA accolade says it all: its soul is back where it truly belongs!",
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"text": "“Done?” he said, with a soulless sneer in the word.",
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"word": "영혼이없는"
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"sense": "as if without a soul",
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