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(1910) [MARC] Author: Frank Heller
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VOCABULARY

V, 25, awful-souled; 127, single-souled;
232, kingly-souled.

VI, 49, soft-souled; 53, stout-souled;
113, light-souled.

Mind, spirit, heart, nature:

II, 12, many-minded; 160, sweet-hearted;

III, 17, twin-spirited; 57, sanguine-hearted;

IV, 76, restless-hearted; 262, strenuous-hearted;

V, 205, single-natured. Ill, 322, treble-natured.

In connection with twin-souled, twin-spirited, some
mention may be made of compounds whose first part is a
numeral adjective:

II, 6S, twin-crested; 111, 172, twin-featured;
333, twin-cliffed.

As is seen, most of the above formations are of a
very simple nature; some other cases of a similar kind,
but referring to other phenomena than those mentioned
above, will now be given in passing, and without the
context.

I, 20S, thick-plumed; 274, deep-feathered;
II, 120, strong-winged; 304, sanguine-spotted.

III, 80, fair-named.

IV, 8, sharp-breathed; 294, weak-winged.

V, 205, soft-sanded.

VI, 161, russet-robed.

Some rather striking instances also occur, however.

II, 76, The tree many-rooted
That swells to the sky
With frondage red-fruited,
The life-tree am I . . .
V, 216, Pride of place and lust of empire bloody-fruited

Knew the blasting of his breath on leaf and fruit . . .
II, 112, Yea, great was the fall of them, all that rose against her
From the earth’s old-historied heights . . .
[Cf. V, 16, large-historied, quoted above, p. 124 .
IV, 87, At margin of the grey great eastern sea,
Dense-islanded with peaks and reefs . . .
106, A night like desolation, sombre-starred.

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