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Word: mullet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...false gods everywhere-an impious Mullet; a stertorous Turtle, like an island; a Siren, scaled in emerald, with a pearl loin-rope and breasts of mother-of-pearl. She told Sturly that Beauty was God, but vanished when he asked her to reconcile Life with Death. (The wreck of a Corsican mail packet heightened this central paradox; for the long pilgrim Sharks came and a Cuttlefish lifted a lady's dress, seeking his dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sturly | 3/16/1925 | See Source »

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