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Beggar
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BEGGAR. One who obtains his livelihood by asking alms. The laws of several of the states punish begging as an offence.
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Mirra's art is in representing this cosmic order of time, beggaring description, which, in due course, strands us at the outskirts of comprehension; from here we may even feel wonderment in the knowledge that the little we know means there must be more.
Helen Mirra; Galerie nordenhake by Jones, Ronald / Artforum International
While grading essays she asks herself, "How much longer could I expect myself to pencil in corrections to sentences that committed atrocities beggaring description, even (as in this case) when composed by junior or senior English majors?
Whose room is it, anyway? by Miller, Martha / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
 
 
 
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