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Definition
representing the perfect example of a class or quality
- Some, of violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend; But upon the fairest boughs, Or at every sentence end, Will I Rosalinda write, Teaching all that read to know The quintessence of every sprite Heaven would in little show.3.2 — Act 3 Scene 2 — The Forest of Arden (32% in)
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