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  2. Nothing (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The classmates decide to create a "heap of meaning," which is a collection of one personal sacrifice from each participant. The participants choose items based on personal meaning. A classmate named Dennis begins the heap by giving up his Dungeons and Dragons books, and then challenges another classmate Sebastian to give up his fishing rod .

  3. Matthew 8:3 - Wikipedia

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    The English Standard Version translates the passage as: And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 8:3.

  4. Malone Dies - Wikipedia

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    Malone Dies is a novel by Samuel Beckett.It was first published in 1951, in French, as Malone meurt, and later translated into English by the author.. Malone Dies contains the famous line, "Nothing is more real than nothing" – a metatextual echo of Democritus's "Naught is more real than nothing," which is referenced in Beckett's first published novel, Murphy (1938).

  5. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  6. Eighth grade - Wikipedia

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    Eighth grade (also 8th Grade or Grade 8) is the eighth year of formal or compulsory education in the United States of America. The eighth grade is the second, third, or fourth (and typically final) year of middle school. Students in eighth grade are usually 13–14 years old. Different terms and numbers are used in other parts of the world.

  7. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the ...

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    Bono and Octavian become good friends, and when Bono is sold to a Southern owner, he leaves Octavian with a means to escape. He makes a book of torture instruments which is discovered by Sharpe and subsequently destroyed. Mr. Sharpe: The man funds the Novanglian College of Lucidity when Lord Cheldthorpe refuses to continue his support. He ...

  8. Purity and Danger - Wikipedia

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    The line of inquiry in Purity and Danger traces the words and meaning of dirt in different contexts. What is regarded as dirt in a given society is any matter considered out of place. (Douglas took that lead from William James.) She attempted to clarify the differences between the sacred, the clean and the unclean in different societies and ...

  9. Nothing - Wikipedia

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    Nothing, no-thing, or no thing, is the complete absence of anything as the opposite of something and an antithesis of everything. The concept of nothing has been a matter of philosophical debate since at least the 5th century BC.