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grace as pedantry produces erroneous dignity
Pertness is the mistaken affection of grace, as pedantry produces erroneous dignity; the familiarity of the one, and the clumsiness of the other, distort or prevent grace.
— from Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole

go away Peg paused Ethel did
I simply give it up!" Peg grasped the full meaning of Ethel's words: "And will ye have nothin' if I go away?" Peg paused: Ethel did not speak.
— from Peg O' My Heart by J. Hartley Manners

grace as pedantry produces erroneous dignity
Pertness is the mistaken affectation of grace, as pedantry produces erroneous dignity: the familiarity of the one, and the clumsiness of the other, distort or prevent grace.
— from The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole

greed a pious priest Eleazer delivered
In order to satisfy his greed, a pious priest, Eleazer, delivered up to him a solid bar of gold, the existence of which, hidden as it was in a hollow staff of curiously carved wood, had been unknown to the priests.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 2 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

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