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Anarchist

One who believes in the overthrow of government or authority

Comrades

Friends

Thames

A river in England

Dwellers

People living in a place

In a trice

Quickly, in a moment

Oxydised

Mixed with oxygen (which can often change the color of a metal)

Civilly

Respectfully

Lingered

Stayed behind, waited, loitered

Glimpse

Small or short look, peek

Garments

Pieces of clothing

Philistines

Allusion to a Biblical people, used to mean a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

Ne quid nimis

Latin for "nothing in excess"

Copiously

A lot, overly

Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly, usually a reference to a literary work

Anitquarian

Old

Gaily

Happily, brightly

Arcade

A covered passageway with arches along one or both sides

Herring

A type of fish

Principal

Main

Ignorant

Not knowing, stupid

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