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Definition of Contemplating
1. contemplate [v] - See also: contemplate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contemplating
Literary usage of Contemplating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... showing that he wag then contemplating a visit to Britain, In 153M he published
at Lyons, through i and in his 'De Animi Tranquillitate' he Gesner met ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"We derive from it something of the same pleasure which we feel in contemplating
a terrible wild beast who cannot get near enough to hurt us." XIII. ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"woman sat silently contemplating our evolutions, and as we brought them to a
conclusion, and stood (not like the Graces) puffing and panting round her, ..."
4. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... imagine himself contemplating the world from another sphere, and hence can
fancy how our earth must look to those removed from all its sordid cares and ..."
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