And if they've encountered such words as cunctation, fucoid, Mother Hubbard. From Wordnik.com. [Infinite Monkeys - "...a sparkly blog..." - James Lileks] Reference
Strive not to run like Hercules, a furlong in a breath: festination may prove precipitation; deliberating delay may be wise cunctation, and slowness no slothfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Morals] Reference
Strive not to run, like Hercules, a furlong in a breath: festination may prove precipitation; deliberating delay may be wise cunctation, and slowness no slothfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6] Reference
The old crossing-sweeper was already there, to receive his penny; and the orange-woman, expectant, sold her apex orange to him for a silver thripenny bit as his before-breakfast while awaiting the more dignified cunctation of his auguster spouse. From Wordnik.com. [Pirate Gold] Reference
That ever prospered by cunctation. From Wordnik.com. [The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2] Reference
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