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MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE The lovely young
THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE The lovely young Lady Ingleby, recently widowed by the death of a husband who never understood her, meets a fine, clean young chap who is ignorant of her title and they fall deeply in love with each other.
— from The White Shield by Myrtle Reed

means of serving the Lord yet
Though the first four afford means of serving the Lord, yet true devotees seldom elect them, but they dread and despise the sáyujya emancipation, preferring hell to it.
— from Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi

my own strength to leave you
Do not fear that you will be exposed to the laments of a suppliant passion; I would not want you back until I felt certain of my own strength to leave you in perfect freedom.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

my own satisfaction to let you
Also, after having spent the summer here, we were about to turn our faces to Florence again, and it was necessary to my own satisfaction to let you know of our plans for the winter.
— from The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 2 of 2) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning


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