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petted and spoiled since entering society that
I had been so petted and spoiled since entering society that I thought you were kind to her simply because honor forbade you to be too kind to me; and seeing in you a man different from the others—one—who—who pleased me as the heroes of my old romances had pleased me, I gave you all my heart and, what was worse, confided my folly to Dorothy .
— from The Amethyst Box by Anna Katharine Green

pots are shown standing each side the
Two enormous iron pots are shown, standing each side the entrance to the Dargah, in which at the festival are cooked tons of food freely given to the pilgrims.
— from India Impressions, With some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7. by Walter Crane

purposes a small sea eel stuck to
The woman went down to the sea one day to fetch salt water for cooking purposes; a small sea eel stuck to her cocoa-nut shell water-bottle, and she took it home as a plaything for her child Sina to feed and keep in a cup.
— from Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner

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