nihility
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No one has better expressed the anguish of a troubled and despairing soul, such as we find in the old harp-player in Wilhelm Meister, or the splendid nihility of certain poems of Michelangelo.
From Musicians of To-Day by Mary Blaiklock
When we reach the latter, we feel an almost irresistible inclination to class it with spirit, or with nihility.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
The writers whom it ridicules, have sunk into nihility.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
We treat it as a positive nihility, "a barrier from which all our batted balls of being rebound."
From Memories and Studies by Henry James
—I replied with my usual forbearance.—Certainly, to give up the algebraic symbol, because A or B is often a cover for ideal nihility, would be unwise.
From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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