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sad and melancholy

sagacity and virtue [sagacity = farsighted; wise]


sane and simple


sarcastic and cruel


sayings and quibbles


scant and incidental


scattered and desultory [desultory = haphazard; random]


scenes and associations


scholastic and erudite [erudite = learned]


scientific and exact


scintillating and brilliant


scoffing and unbelief


scope and significance


scorched and shriveled


scorn and loathing


scrupulous and anxious


scrutiny and investigation


searching and irresistible


seared and scorched


secondary and subsidiary


secretive and furtive


sedate and serious


selfish and overbearing


sensational and trivial


senseless and unreasoning


sensibilities and emotions


sensitive and capricious


sententious and tiresome [sententious = pompous moralizing; terse and
energetic]


sentiment and passion


serene and quiet


serious and studious


severe and saturnine [saturnine = melancholy or sullen]


shabbiness and vulgarity


shadowy and confused


shame and mortification


shams and hypocrisies


shaped and sculptured


sharp and vigorous

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