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"ref": "1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 42:",
"text": "Thoughts my Tormenters arm’d with deadly stings\nMangle my apprehensive tenderest parts,",
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"text": "1759, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Part 1, Section 1, p. 10,\nThe infant […] feels only the uneasiness of the present instant, which can never be great. With regard to the future it is perfectly secure, and in its thoughtlessness and want of foresight possesses an antidote against fear and anxiety, the great tormentors of the human breast, from which reason and philosophy will in vain attempt to defend it when it grows up to a man."
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"ref": "1995, Rohinton Mistry, chapter 15, in A Fine Balance, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, page 630:",
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"sense": "someone who torments",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "someone who torments",
"word": "atormentador"
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"sense": "someone who torments",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "someone who torments",
"word": "eziyetçi"
}
],
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}
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