repine
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We are republishing Patterson’s repine in honor of the holiday.
From Slate • Jul. 4, 2012
Must Man, the chiefest Work of Art Divine, Be doom'd in endless Discord to repine?
From Time Magazine Archive
But if no one agrees, the author need not repine.
From Time Magazine Archive
I will not pause either to accuse or repine.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Sometimes, however, I repine a little and wish that I were, say, a porpoise, splashing gayly along at the surface, and making a noise in the world.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane
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"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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“A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift
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