He remarks, "again I hear / These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs / With a sweet inland murmur, Once again / Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, / Which on a wild secluded scene impress / Thoughts of more deep seclusion" (Wordsworth, 2-7). In these lines, the neutral sound of the river and the unremarkable sight of the cliffs are transformed into sensations of physical and mental excitement through the adjectives "sweet," "wild," "steep," and "lofty." ...

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The strange, deliberately confusing opening chapters of Wuthering Heights serve as Bronte's introduction to the world of the novel and to the complex relationships among the characters, as well as to the peculiar style of narration through which the story will be told. One of the most important aspe...

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Many of the tail risks that concerned us in the last edition have not come to pass, in particular in the United States, which did not fall off the "fiscal cliff"; in Europe, where the breakup of the euro zone was avoided and where sovereign bond differentials have drastically narrowed; and in China, where fears of a hard landing have receded for the time being. ...

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