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glimmer of recognition but even at
He gazed imploringly at the clear-cut face in which there was no glimmer of recognition; but even at this extremity it never occurred to him to throw himself on the white man's mercy or to denounce the Afghan.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

good or righteous but expresses a
"Holy," in the Bible, is not simply another word for "good" or "righteous," but expresses a somewhat different idea.
— from The Literature and History of New Testament Times by J. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen

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