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I well remember my infantine alarm and horror when I perceived that these men were naked—stark naked.
THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON, V. 1/4GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS
You are smiling in your infantine dreams, and you know not that, perhaps, the future of our beloved Gaul may rest upon your head.
THE CASQUE'S LARKEUGNE SUE
If a momentary sensation, at that infantine period, deserve the appellation, I might call this my first affectionate sorrow.
MEMOIRS OF EMMA COURTNEYMARY HAYS
It will be a long time before the infantine public are brought round to Walt Whitman's views on versification.
ESSAYS IN THE STUDY OF FOLK-SONGS (1886)COUNTESS EVELYN MARTINENGO-CESARESCO
The idea is an infantine one, possible of entertainment only in the initial state of human knowledge.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE DEVILCHARLES BRADLAUGH
The bedroom in which Caleb had died was, indeed, long held sacred by infantine superstition.
NIGHT AND MORNING, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
The infantine struggle with serpents was a favourite subject.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 13, SLICE 3VARIOUS
Conscious of our infantine weakness, let us lean upon the arm of Omnipotence.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IIFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COX
It struck me he would not be much older, and I had learned to love him too well in his infantine and affecting weakness.
CHARLES AUCHESTER, VOLUME 1 OF 2ELIZABETH SHEPPARD
"But I do wish to speak of thy wound," replied Charles' daughter with infantine impatience.
THE CARLOVINGIAN COINSEUGNE SUE

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