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Meanings of perfect repose in English

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Usage of perfect repose in English
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Yes-this indeed was perfect repose; but it was the repose of death.
Run to Earth: A Novel
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As she lay, her whole form manifested the relaxation of perfect repose.
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women
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The relaxation of the figure and perfect repose of every limb is wonderful.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 / Germany, Austria-H...
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A corpse's facial muscles can either contract horribly or relax in perfect repose.
Wizardborn
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The moment I found myself inside it, I became conscious of perfect repose.
The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reube...
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I am sure the boy only wants thorough rousing, alternated with perfect repose.
David Elginbrod
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It would be full of action, and yet such perfect repose.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
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Poor Robert's scheme for me of perfect repose has scarcely been carried out.
Life and Letters of Robert Browning
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She deceived me by taking her seat in perfect repose.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 5
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The kingdom of Poland now enjoyed the most perfect repose under the dominion of Augustus.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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Grand and perfect repose is here the chief thing.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1
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He stood with incomparable ease, his hands and arms always ready, but in perfect repose.
Nocturne
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This projectile alone, floating in perfect space, in the midst of perfect silence, offered perfect repose.
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
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It has, first of all, that perfect repose which was the leading trait in classic art.
Michelangelo / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait o...
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In sleep, or in perfect repose, when the eyelids were bent, it looked strangely cold and pure.
Verner's Pride
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The man who cannot hold his passions in repose-inperfect repose-cannever employ the measure of his power.
Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays
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