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The Scarlet Pimpernel vocabulary
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epistle
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Definition:one of a letter, poem or literary work in a series
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They compose an ardent epistle, a declaration in fact, and they carry the letter upstairs themselves,
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Then came the hope of salvation; the mysterious epistle, signed with the enigmatical scarlet device; the clear, peremptory directions; the parting from the Comte de Tournay, which had torn the poor wife's heart in two; the hope of reunion;
Emma Orczy. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
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Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans, says, "The Gentiles, who have not the Bible, do by nature the things contained in the Bible." An astonishing Bible concession, truly!
Kersey and Lydia Graves. The Bible of Bibles (1879)
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I had to read this mysterious epistle again twice, before its injunction to me to be secret got mechanically into my mind.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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Hermann commenced the perusal of this epistle with a scowl, which, however, was converted into a smile of the most ludicrous self-complacency as he came to the rigmarole about Injuriae per applicationem, per constructionem, et per se.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4: Mystification (1837)
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As soon as I had perused this epistle I went to the master, and informed him that his sister had arrived at the Heights, and sent me a letter
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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