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Indigo Planters even cannot commit such
The worthless Indigo Planters even cannot commit such a crime.
— from Nil Darpan; or, The Indigo Planting Mirror, A Drama. Translated from the Bengali by a Native. by Dinabandhu Mitra

interest practically even common civility shown
The slightest interest, practically even common civility, shown him by anyone of the feminine sex between the ages of sixteen and sixty, flattered his vanity to such an extraordinary extent that he immediately thought these ladies were in love with him, and it didn't take much more for him to be in love with them.
— from Tenterhooks by Ada Leverson

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