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disagreement and nagging even to the extent
The fighting instinct may often have been overdeveloped in a home in which disagreement and nagging, even to the extent of physical violence, have taken the place of reason.
— from How to Teach by Naomi Norsworthy

Diderot adds nothing either to the events
Diderot adds nothing either to the events or to the temperaments of the characters he introduces.
— from This is not a Story by Denis Diderot

day and night exposed to the eyes
Madame Meszlenyi herself was kept in confinement on this occasion for a period of five months, day and night exposed to the eyes of the guard.
— from Some Noble Sisters by Edmund Lee

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