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adversion
noun 2
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3ADJ.
fast, momentary
VERB + ADVERSION
eye
ADVERSION + NOUN
fixt, passages
Definitions
noun
1
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
2
A turning towards; the act of paying attention.
And if the eye / Of her adversion were fast fixt on high, / In midst of death 'twere no more fear or pain, / Then 'twas unto Elias to let flie
We have tested assertions of this kind, not as we should, by grounded and consecutive study of the whole document, but by momentary adversion to the passages specially attacked, with our minds full of the attack
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And if the eye / Of her adversion were fast fixt on high, / In midst of death 'twere no more fear or pain, / Then 'twas unto Elias to let flie
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We have tested assertions of this kind, not as we should, by grounded and consecutive study of the whole document, but by momentary adversion to the passages specially attacked, with our minds full of
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