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teaching her a lesson and sat still a little
But I thought to be teaching her a lesson, and sat still a little.
— from The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars

threw him a look all shy sympathy and lovely
She lingered a moment, could find nothing to say, threw him a look all shy sympathy and lovely pity, and was gone.
— from Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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