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  • And more—is his feeling but the vagary of a sensitive boy, or has it the seasoning of suffering manhood to give it endurance?†  (source)
  • But the strangest part of the affair is the effect of this vagary, even on a sober-minded man like myself.†  (source)
  • A vagary of nature, wherein she has displayed less of her infinite wisdom than is usual.†  (source)
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  • The vagaries of the digestive tract have no rhyme or reason.†  (source)
  • It just crossed her mind, too, that he might have a faint recollection of his tender vagary, and was disinclined to allude to it from a conviction that she would take amatory advantage of the opportunity it gave her of appealing to him anew not to go.†  (source)
  • In addition to the financial strain of exchanging a steady paycheck for the vagaries of self-employment, Walt's separation from his first wife left him with two families to support.†  (source)
  • The vagary of Timothy Fairway was infectious.†  (source)
  • Indeed, the fact that biotechnology can be applied to the industries traditionally subject to the vagaries of fashion, such as cosmetics and leisure activities, heightens concern about the whimsical use of this powerful new technology.†  (source)
  • But, as the quadruped is now formed, I call it a mere vagary of nature; no other than a vagary.†  (source)
  • His enlistment seemed just another of Leper's vagaries, such as the time he slept on top of Mount Katahdin in Maine where each morning the sun first strikes United States territory.†  (source)
  • But, as the quadruped is now formed, I call it a mere vagary of nature; no other than a vagary.†  (source)
  • Each now wore a heavy coat against the elements-Kassad in FORCE-issue thermouflage cape, Brawne Lamia in a long garment called a trenchcoat for reasons long forgotten, Martin Silenus in thick furs which rippled now sable, now gray with the vagaries of wind, Father Hoyt in long black which made him more of a scarecrow figure than ever, Sol Weintraub in a thick goosedown jacket which covered him and the child, and the Consul in the thinning but serviceable greatcoat his wife had given him some decades before.†  (source)
  • Not that this couple be in want of one, but 'twas well to show 'em a bit of friendliness at this great racketing vagary of their lives.†  (source)
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