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a painting

See note to line 221.   

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©, Acknowledgments
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Lorris

From loris, a nocturnal primate that lives in trees in tropical Asia; possibly from an old Dutch word meaning clown.

 
     

   
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Russian, a team of three horses--carriage usually included.
   
     

     
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Berlin

Home to a large population of exiled Russians in the 1920s and 30s, including noted émigré author Vladimir Sirin.

 

 
   

     
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glissive

Said of a glistening hiss.

 

 
     

     
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