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  • s  slightly sour to the taste

  • Obscure in her poetry, subacid in her satire, she finds the 18th Century real, the present ghostly.
  • His acquaintances consider him reserved, with a somewhat faded charm, a subacid wit, and a ruthless curiosity about his fellow sinners.
  • Their low-keyed humor, chess-game pace and subacid satire give them an effect somewhat less than sidesplitting, but for readers who like their slyness slow and stately, Ernest .

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