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of superior quality — often indicating extravagance or expensiveness
- Whenever I dozed I dreamt of horrible phantasms, of the death of the curate, or of sumptuous dinners; but, asleep or awake, I felt a keen pain that urged me to drink again and again.2.5 — Book 2 Chapter 5 — The Stillness (28% in)
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