All 4 Uses
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- Every soul is by this intrinsic necessity quitting its whole system of things, its friends, and home, and laws, and faith, as the shellfish crawls out of its beautiful but stony case, because it no longer admits of its growth, and slowly forms a new house.†
Chpt 2.intrinsic = belonging to a thing by its very nature
- I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right.†
Chpt 3. *
- The gifts of fortune may be present or absent, but all the hap in that contest depends on intrinsic nobleness, and the contempt of trifles.†
Chpt 4.
- A natural gentleman finds his way in, and will keep the oldest patrician out, who has lost his intrinsic rank.†
Chpt 6.
Definitions:
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(1)
(intrinsic) belonging naturally or essential to the nature of something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)