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"text": "[E]xamples groſſe as earth exhort me, / Witnes this Army of ſuch maſſe and charge, / Led by a delicate and tender Prince, / Whoſe ſpirit with diuine ambition puft, / Makes mouthes at the inviſible euent, / Expoſing what is mortall, and vnſure, / To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, / Euen for an Egge-ſhell.",
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"text": "[A]mong Chꝛiſten men there haue been now a greate whyle not a fewe, whych haue thought that it is a true faſte, if vpon certaine dayes they abſtayne only from the fleſhe of fowle, and foure footed beaſtes, thoughe in the meane ceaſon they dilitiouſly fede them ſelues with the fleſhe of fiſthes, and other meates much coſtlier, and delicater, than the commune vſe of fleſhe is.",
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"word": "delicateness"
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{
"word": "overdelicate"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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}
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"text": "Indeed, the frosty god conspired with it for our delight; building crystal bridges, with tracery of lace delicater than Valenciennes, and spangled string-pieces, and fretted vaultings, whimsical sierras, stalactite and stalagmite.",
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"text": "Jill had, as you might say quite fallen in love with the Unicorn. She thought—and she wasn’t far wrong—that he was the shiningest, delicatest, most graceful animal she had ever met: and he was so gentle and soft of speech that, if you hadn’t known, you would hardly have believed how fierce and terrible he could be in battle.",
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"text": "[E]xamples groſſe as earth exhort me, / Witnes this Army of ſuch maſſe and charge, / Led by a delicate and tender Prince, / Whoſe ſpirit with diuine ambition puft, / Makes mouthes at the inviſible euent, / Expoſing what is mortall, and vnſure, / To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, / Euen for an Egge-ſhell.",
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"text": "[A]mong Chꝛiſten men there haue been now a greate whyle not a fewe, whych haue thought that it is a true faſte, if vpon certaine dayes they abſtayne only from the fleſhe of fowle, and foure footed beaſtes, thoughe in the meane ceaſon they dilitiouſly fede them ſelues with the fleſhe of fiſthes, and other meates much coſtlier, and delicater, than the commune vſe of fleſhe is.",
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"text": "The Fleſh of man, becauſe its Nouriſhed by purer Blood, is delicater than the fleſh of other Creatures, and prefered before it by Canibals, or Man-Eaters.",
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"text": "Caſ[ſio]. She is a moſt exquiſite Lady. […] Indeede ſhe is a moſt freſh and delicate creature.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nežen",
"sense": "easily damaged or requiring careful handling",
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jīngzhì",
"sense": "easily damaged or requiring careful handling",
"word": "精緻 /精致"
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "eo",
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{
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"code": "ota",
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "delicado"
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"word": "хру́пкий"
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"code": "sa",
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"sense": "easily damaged or requiring careful handling",
"word": "పెళుసు"
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{
"code": "th",
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"word": "บอบบาง"
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{
"code": "th",
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"sense": "easily damaged or requiring careful handling",
"word": "ละเอียดอ่อน"
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "chr",
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"word": "ᏩᏂᎨ"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"code": "de",
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{
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"code": "he",
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