Colluctation: Struggle, conflict
Contignation: The joining together of the components of a building
Contumelies: Insults
Cribration: Sifting
Damp: A state of depression or stupor
Hypostatical: A theological term, referring to the union of the two natures, human and divine, in the one body of Christ
Irrisions: Mockery, contemptuous laughter
Presagition: A sign or symptom which acts as a foretelling or warning that something is about to occur.
Prolixious: At great length
Vermiculation: Infestation by worms
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Death's Duel by John Donne
Non-Fiction"Any man's death diminishes me," said John Donne in 1623, "because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." The bell tolled for him on 31st March 1631, but before this, he rose from his...
