Word: diurnally
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bore on the strength of it every time. But, my young friend, do not allow these allurements to tempt you into the rash path that leads per asthma ad astra. Breathing slowly and peaceably is a boon which you will learn how to appreciate when you have finished your diurnal sweater of five miles, - a mere nothing, Jim will call it. No! If a man bores you, you can go to sleep; if an engagement is unpleasant, you can be disagreeable to make the score even; and I'm sure you do not need any external charms to fascinate with...
...glass in a variety theatre. He is great in theories, - he has one ready for every occasion, - but when you get him down to practice, he is n't there. Too much trouble, really, you know! He can reform the world, - on paper, - but is too fond of his diurnal cigarette and siesta to pitch in and carry out his own ideas. He prefers to dream about it from a distance. In fine, he is a man who spends four years at college in filling his head with fancies that it takes him all the rest of his life...