saturnine
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“For all his Saturnine and Martial defense of psyche in our scientifically defined cosmos,” Mr. Rylance wrote in a statement, “he is the most jovial person to sit with.”
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2011
These detonations signaled the attempt last week by President Cardenas to put the final squeeze on his old friend, Saturnine Cedillo.
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Saturnine, bespectacled Gotfred Hoelvold sits smugly on Kirkenes.
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At the town of Rio Verde they found belligerent bands of agrarian soldiers, members of the private army of San Luis Potos�'s General Saturnine Cedillo.
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Charles the Hammer, or Martel, had arrived at the convent of St. Saturnine escorted by only about a hundred armed men.
From The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess by Sue, Eugène
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