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I am in my condition

A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king.

Shak.

And O, what man's condition can be
worse

Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?

Cowley.

The new conditions of life.

Darwin.

2. Essential quality; property;
attribute.

It seemed to us a condition and property of
divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others.

Bacon.

3. Temperament; disposition;
character. [Obs.]

The condition of a saint and the complexion
of a devil.

Shak.

4. That which must exist as the occasion
or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in
order that something else should take effect; an essential
qualification; stipulation; terms specified.

I had as lief take her dowry with this
condition, to be whipped at the high cross every
morning.


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