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As for Nikos, he showed a professional measured concern wrapped in amiable compassion
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Chrissie clenched a fist round the tissue in her pocket and composed her face into its usual amiable nothingness
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an amiable old buffer who had been in these parts of many years,
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computer, “His face was one of the most amiable ones
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And as quickly as the amiable soldier had appeared beside young Roscius, he vanished forthwith with a final brilliant smile and warm wink
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It was an amiable surrender and the
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That burning dark-eyed gaze regarded Jean for some time before the man said, “I’m sorry we could not reach amiable terms this day, Jean Fairsythe
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The door from the kitchen swung open, and out stepped Millin Parfinn, a most amiable Halfling known for his loud, joyous family and happy demeanor
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As He sat, the amiable Host, Jesus H
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As he saw his two children, he lit up and greeted them with an amiable good morning
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Faith's amiable wish was fulfilled
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Davis did not say anything half so amiable as good afternoon, but she took her departure
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He could be very amiable when he liked, and he could be very terrible
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But not even the grimmest of amiable dragons can altogether prevent a certain subtle language of eye and smile and eloquent silence; and so the minister's courtship progressed after a fashion
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5 And she was ruddy through the perfection of her beauty, and her countenance was cheerful and very amiable, but her heart was in
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Public display notwithstanding, it was an amiable relationship
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salutation was acknowledged with an amiable grunt
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They are shrewd in business, acute in reasoning, thrifty, religious, sober, charitable, obedient to parents, reverential to old age, amiable, law-abiding, compassionate towards the helpless and patient under suffering
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It was one of the most sophisticated and amiable place
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the roads which are most amiable
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The conversation was light and amiable and the Rabbi’s two children stayed up way past bedtime to be part of the party
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Siri was no longer angry, just tired, and the Commander, sensing this, became more amiable
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As he stared into the abyss that was the harsh reality of the flask, he could still vaguely hear the water running in the bathroom, the amiable laughter of the children playing in the street, and the melody of the chirping sparrows on the sill
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Both looked amiable to his request, knowing his psyche had been temporarily damaged by the turbulence of his recent family life
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Mitchell conducted conversation with an amiable looking desk clerk, just as Jose gazed at various attraction brochures, while using his ear to tune into the other clerks voices
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From their clothes, it was evident that the children were a mix of Carolingian and star people, yet there didn’t seem to be any apparent preferential treatment in favor of the children from the stars, while mothers from both eras conversed on apparently amiable terms while watching their respective kids
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This is after all your realm and I truly wish for the Time Patrol and your Imperium to come to an amiable understanding in this matter
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In an ironic twist, that mass defection in favor of Jerusalem then soured up the Islamic authorities’ relations with Nancy, who had up to now enjoyed a fairly amiable relationship with them save for issues about women
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There we both immediately fell into the undertow of an amiable breeze
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the expressive, the amiable and the
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Judging he was in far too amiable a mood to
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Leaving that aside, what does a wife ought to give her man? Of course, she should keep an amiable home for him to recreate and procreate
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for the coming week, and an amiable mood took hold at last despite the trials of the
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to keep promise rewarded them with an amiable and happy life
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However, the amiable and handsome Abd Allah wasn’t destined to live long; and he died when his wife Aminah was carrying Muhammad, their only offspring
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The very fact that in his otherwise well recorded life, there was nothing amiss in the lengthy chapter of Khadijah indicates that he could have led an amiable married life unmarred by scandal or quarrel
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Normally his face was set in an amiable grin, but at the moment he was dead serious
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“He seems amiable to me
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and tried to look at Henry in an amiable way
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The distinguished cousin came, and he was as pacific and amiable asthe
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And the rest of the way home, along the cool path where the dusk was gathering among the bushes and the grass was damp now beneath our dusty shoes, we walked with heads held high--hankering indeed!--two women surely in perfect harmony with life and the calm evening, women of wisdom and intelligence, of a proper pride and self-respect, kind women, good women, pleasant, amiable women, contented women, pleased women; and at the last corner, the last one between us and Mrs
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Cookham with the intention of trying to make amends, he was just going to say something amiable when she startled him by suddenly exclaiming, "I really don't understand how men can bring themselves to do such dreadful
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All day long I am giving out table linen, ordering meals, supporting the feeble knees of servants, making appropriate and amiable remarks to officers, presiding as gracefully as nature permits at meals, and trying to look as though I were happy; while out in the garden--oh, I know how it is looking out in the garden this golden weather, how the placid hours are slipping by in unchanged peace, how strong the scent of roses and ripe fruit is, how the sleepy bees drone round the flowers, how warmly the sun shines in that corner where the little Spanish chestnut is turning yellow--the first to turn, and never afterwards surpassed in autumn beauty; I know how still it is down there in my fir wood, where the insects hum undisturbed in the warm, quiet air; I know what the plain looks like from the seat under the oak, how beautiful, with its rolling green waves burning to gold under the afternoon sky; I know how the hawks circle over it, and how the larks sing above it, and I edge as near to the open window as I can, straining my ears to hear them, and forgetting the young men who are telling me of all the races their horses win as completely as though they did not exist
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Yet they are beautiful young men; all are touchingly amiable, and many of the older ones even charming--how is it, then, that I so passionately prefer larks?
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What else was she to say? What does one say in such a case? Our governesses teach us how pleasant and amiable an adornment is politeness, but not one of mine ever told me what I was to say when confronted by an announcement that I was to be included in somebody's prayers
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The smile with which she slid past me was amiable as well as deprecatory
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Like Pepper, he was small and amiable
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The two men talked to each other, not to the women, the Baron stiffly and on his guard, Herr Dremmel taking immense pains to be amiable and not offend
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But it was an amiable view, and Herr Dremmel was extremely polite and was bent evidently on peace, and the Baron, recognising this, became less distrustful
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A mother with feathers all over her like a kind hen would be very ideal, but short of that there was a soft black dress she remembered her mother used to wear with amiable old lace on it that wouldn't scratch, and the comfort it would be, the _comfort_, if for half an hour she might put her cheek against this and keep it there and say nothing
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And as for the gay goddess's ugly sister, the lady of the shifty eye and lowering brow called variously Misfortune and Ill Luck, she uses the same tools exactly in her hammering out of lives, meanly taking little follies and little weaknesses, so little and so amiable at first as hardly to be distinguished from little virtues, and with them building up a mighty mass that shall at last come down and crush our souls
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These are not reproaches being piled up on the vicar's wife; who shall dare reproach another? And how could she help being born so? We would all if we could be born good and amiable and beautiful, and remain so perpetually during our lives; and she too was one of God's children, and inside her soul, behind the crust of failings that hindered it during these years from coming out, sat her bright angel, waiting
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She had brought violent discord into a hitherto peaceful vicarage, thwarted the hopes of a mother, been the cause of a bitter quarrel between her and her son, brought out by her mysteriousness a prying tendency in the son that might have gone on sleeping for ever, entirely upset the amiable Tussie's life by rending him asunder with a love as strong as it was necessarily hopeless, made his mother anxious and unhappy, and, what was perhaps the greatest achievement of all, actually succeeded in making that mother cry
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She was weak, amiable, well-intentioned
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Morrison talked of the commandments and of honouring one's father and mother and of how the less there was to honour the greater the glory of doing it; and Emma was so amiable that she actually did manage to honour him six days out of the seven
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The newly-lit wood fire blazed cheerfully when they went in, but its amiable light was immediately quenched by the electric light Wemyss switched on at the door
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Tony, the smiling, vaguely amiable vegetable who had tried to kill her, the son who had been so full of promise and hope
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“Good morning” the amiable young man said as he greeted Michael
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Like most fresh-faced youths, that the police now seem to employ Ryan was an amiable enough chap, but boring
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I wondered if this sudden interest in my friends was down to our new amiable regime, but this was shot down
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You should be amiable at the coffee date and positive
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Encamped at a quarter before nine, in good time to touch his three-cornered hat to the oldest of men as they passed in to Tellson's, Jerry took up his station on this windy March morning, with young Jerry standing by him, when not engaged in making forays through the Bar, to inflict bodily and mental injuries of an acute description on passing boys who were small enough for his amiable purpose
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But, strange to say, the more numerous and violent the terms of abuse became, the more amiable she looked, and the more seductive the smiles she lavished on the terrible assistant
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An inferior genius, taking him in hand a second time, would very likely have tried to improve him by making him more comical, clever, amiable, or virtuous
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Flanders would have flounced upon her--only it was Jacob who came first, in his dressing-gown, amiable, authoritative, beautifully healthy, like a baby after an airing, with an eye clear as running water
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"Against men in their senses or against madmen," said Don Quixote, "every knight-errant is bound to stand up for the honour of women, whoever they may be, much more for queens of such high degree and dignity as Queen Madasima, for whom I have a particular regard on account of her amiable qualities; for, besides being extremely beautiful, she was very wise, and very patient under her misfortunes, of which she had many; and the counsel and society of the Master Elisabad were a great help and support to her in enduring her afflictions with wisdom and resignation; hence the ignorant and ill-disposed vulgar took occasion to say and think that she was his mistress; and they lie, I say it once more, and will lie two hundred times more, all who think and say so
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He is to my eyes and thinking, Amiable, Brave, Courteous, Distinguished, Elegant, Fond, Gay, Honourable, Illustrious, Loyal, Manly, Noble, Open, Polite, Quickwitted, Rich, and the S's according to the saying, and then Tender, Veracious: X
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Finding the child more docile and amiable than her sister, the old lady felt it her duty to try and counteract, as far as possible, the bad effects of home freedom and indulgence
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Amy's definition of Jo's idea of independence was such a good hit that both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn
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If the amiable gentleman who wrote that kindly note could have known what intense happiness he was giving a fellow creature, I think he would devote his leisure hours, if he has any, to that amusement, for Jo valued the letter more than the money, because it was encouraging, and after years of effort it was so pleasant to find that she had learned to do something, though it was only to write a sensation story
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This amiable spirit was felt at once, and both aunts 'my deared' her affectionately, looking what they afterward said emphatically, "That child improves every day
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He read a long debate with the most amiable readiness and then explained it in his most lucid manner, while Meg tried to look deeply interested, to ask intelligent questions, and keep her thoughts from wandering from the state of the nation to the state of her bonnet
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Elinor was much more hurt by Marianne's warmth than she had been by what produced it; but Colonel Brandon's eyes, as they were fixed on Marianne, declared that he noticed only what was amiable in it, the affectionate heart which could not bear to see a sister slighted in the smallest point
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But the woman was amiable, and directed them
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She was quite amiable
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His circumstances are now unembarrassed--he suffers from no evil of that kind; and he thinks only that he has married a woman of a less amiable temper than yourself
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I had therefore nothing in the world to do, but to fancy myself in love; and as my mother did not make my home in every respect comfortable, as I had no friend, no companion in my brother, and disliked new acquaintance, it was not unnatural for me to be very often at Longstaple, where I always felt myself at home, and was always sure of a welcome; and accordingly I spent the greatest part of my time there from eighteen to nineteen: Lucy appeared everything that was amiable and obliging
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Ferrars, just so violent and so steady as to preserve her from that reproach which she always seemed fearful of incurring, the reproach of being too amiable, Edward was admitted to her presence, and pronounced to be again her son
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virtuous, sweet, and amiable women as there are others very much the reverse
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amiable of all princesses, he is, I am quite convinced, plunged in the deepest
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Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a softfeatured face, exceedingly resembling the young lady at the Heights, but more pensive and amiable in expression
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could not see this amiable criminal, so suddenly the first object of my
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The amiable Ford is a good sport about the send-up
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Nevertheless, had Caderousse but retained his post a few minutes longer, he might have caught a dim outline of something approaching from the direction of Bellegarde; as the moving object drew nearer, he would easily have perceived that it consisted of a man and horse, between whom the kindest and most amiable understanding appeared to exist
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"Really? Then that person is a most amiable person
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It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world; but it is very possible to know how it has touched one's self in going by, and I know right well that any good that intermixed itself with my apprenticeship came of plain contented Joe, and not of restlessly aspiring discontented me
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He had not a handsome face, but it was better than handsome: being extremely amiable and cheerful
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Pocket instantly showed much amiable emotion, and said, "This is that
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"She is very amiable, then, is she not?" said Albert
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The Carolis were so rich they loaned money to kings, but Buonaventura was amiable and unpretentious – though people said that in business he could be implacably hard
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God, I thank thee, as the Author of my days! Thrice happy will he be whom so amiable a creature will bless with her favours
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What? Malign such an one, the amiable Miss Callan, who is the lustre of her own sex and the astonishment of ours? And at an instant the most momentous that can befall a
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As for the accused himself, many remembered him as being so amiable, so handsome, and so liberal, that they chose to think him the victim of some conspiracy, since in this world large fortunes frequently excite the malevolence and jealousy of some unknown enemy
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Phillips was an amiable man and was, judging by his letters, highly articulate, but he preferred not to speak
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And why should I here suppress the delight I received from this amiable creature, in remarking each artless look, each motion of pure indissembled nature, betrayed by his wanton eyes; or shewing, transparently, the glow and suffusion of blood through his fresh, clear skin, whilst even his stury rustic pressure wanted not their peculiar charm? Oh! but, say you, this was a young fellow of too low a rank of life to deserve so great a display
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"But how quick is the shift of passions from one extreme to another! and how little are they acquainted with the human heart who dispute it! I could not see this amiable criminal, so suddenly the first object of my love, and as suddenly of my just hate, on his knees, bedewing my hands with his tears, without relenting
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Even guards who had once been amiable were now hostile, lashing out without reason
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He said, “Hey, guys,” in a way that was part welcome, part question, perfectly amiable, completely accepting, but with a tiny edge of impatience, as if what he really meant was I thought all the guests had gone