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"ref": "1990, Halfdan Kjerulf, Halfdan Kjerulfs dagbøker for årene 1833, 1840, 1850, 1851, page 316",
"text": "et saadant ægte comediespil [på Det Kongelige Teater i København] frit for al svulst og bombast",
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"english": "many angry complaints that erupt in stormy bombast",
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"text": "et saadant ægte comediespil [på Det Kongelige Teater i København] frit for al svulst og bombast",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1943, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker I, page 188",
"text": "mange vrede klager, der bryde frem i stormende bombast",
"type": "quotation"
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