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Max Klinger, Early Spring, 1897

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In the same vein:

"The simultaneous borrowing of French and Latin words led to a highly distinctive feature of modern English vocabulary: sets of three items, all expressing the same fundamental notion but differing slightly in meaning or style, e.g., kingly, royal, regal; rise, mount, ascend; ask, question, interrogate; fast, firm, secure; holy, sacred, consecrated. The Old English word (the first in each triplet) is the most colloquial, the French (the second) is more literary, and the Latin word (the last) more learned." (Howard Jackson and Etienne Zé Amvela, "Words, Meaning and Vocabulary: An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology." Continuum, 2000)

via ThoughtCo

Though I like how John McWhorter phrases it better:

But language tends not to do what we want it to. The die was cast: English had thousands of new words competing with native English words for the same things. One result was triplets allowing us to express ideas with varying degrees of formality. Help is English, aid is French, assist is Latin. Or, kingly is English, royal is French, regal is Latin – note how one imagines posture improving with each level: kingly sounds almost mocking, regal is straight-backed like a throne, royal is somewhere in the middle, a worthy but fallible monarch.

from "English is not normal"

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Trade Union Congress Building, London.

> Designed by David Aberdeen (1948-1956).

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hineni, hineni;  i’m ready, my lord.

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“Parliament House” (2015) by Renzo Piano ⬣ Limestone grid pierces Mediterranean light

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Turqouise inlaid bronze dagger axe (ge), China, Late Shang Dynasty 12th-11th century BC

from Sothebys

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Victoria Crowe (British, 1945), Lily Illuminated, c.2022. Oil on board, 101.5 x 81 cm.

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And everything dies, baby that’s a fact, But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.

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John Singer Sargent - Fate (ca. 1879)

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KK5013 Gladiatoria

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In My Bedroom David Huggins

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the cycle of life

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“Święty Marcin / Saint Martin” Piotr Stachiewicz 1907