“But I did not make any allusion to such a thing as a compromise, Mr Markworth,” continued Mr Trump.
— from Caught in a Trap by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
He came down on Dynevor Terrace as a consequential, moneyed man, contemptuous of the poverty which he might have alleviated, and obtruding tardy and oppressive patronage.
— from Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 2 by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
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