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constitution

dad joke

bath

water

sunbathing

elephant

piano

stockings

christmas eve

money

coin

fish

swimming

freezing

stamp

teapot

blue

smell

paint

candle

hearing

corn

towel

wetness

orange (color)

parrot

carrot

pronunciation

orange

fence

garden

grammar

size

word

length

shortness

flying

garbage

garbage truck

letter

alphabet

anagram

cheese

palindrome

puzzle

ology (the study of)

is a description of objects in ways that is intended to suggest something entirely different.

descriptions of objects in terms intended to suggest something entirely different'

is essentially a charm in reverse: it represents the revolt of the intelligence against the hypnotic power of commanding words.

essentially a charm in reverse: it represents the revolt of the intelligence against the hypnotic power of commanding words.

is not described but circumscribed, a circle of words drawn around it.

not described but circumscribed, a circle of words drawn around it.

is their egocentricity, their isolation from the rest of literary experience.

their egocentricity, their isolation from the rest of literary experience.

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