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conscience a reassuring companion under such
Nor is a guilty conscience a reassuring companion under such circumstances.
— from Missy by Dana Gatlin

Cardinal at Rome Columbia University Studies
Orgasto Ciacco dell'Anguillaja Citizen and Uplondishman Clement VI, Pope Coello, Antonio Coelum Britannicum Coleridge, S. T. Colin Clout's come home again Colisano, Count of Colleoni, Bartolommeo Collier, J. P. Colonna, Giovanni, Cardinal (at Avignon) Colonna, Giovanni, Cardinal (at Rome) Columbia University Studies in Literature Compani, A. Compendio della poesia
— from Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by W. W. (Walter Wilson) Greg

conjugal and regal campaign until she
When she reached the Continent, she resolved, in accordance with her brother's advice, not to commence her conjugal and regal campaign until she had resided some time in Paris, where she determined to complete her education, and rub off the rust of her native country, by associating with a society which was embellished by all that was elegant, tasteful, and refined.
— from The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Eugène Sue

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