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1. Only the strongest and the most robust contestant would be a suitable match for her grand-daughter’s spirited nature
2. would be a suitable match for her grand-daughter’s spirited nature
3. She wasn't as deep as Desa and had no great talents, but she was kind and spirited and considerate
4. Their own distress, of which this prudent and necessary reserve of the banks was, no doubt, the immediate occasion, they called the distress of the country ; and this distress of the country, they said, was altogether owing to the ignorance, pusillanimity, and bad conduct of the banks, which did not give a sufficiently liberal aid to the spirited undertakings of those who exerted themselves in order to beautify, improve, and enrich the country
5. They seem to have intended to support the spirited undertakings, for as such they considered them, which were at that time carrying on in different parts of the country ; and, at the same time, by drawing the whole banking business to themselves, to supplant all the other Scotch banks, particularly those established at Edinburgh, whose backwardness in discounting bills of exchange had given some offence
6. Spirited as she was, she had assured him of an impending visit
7. Whoever has had the fortune to live in a mercantile town, situated in an unimproved country, must have frequently observed how much more spirited the operations of merchants were in this way, than those of mere country gentlemen
8. Enthusiastic voices rose over spirited music in
9. The spike hit the ground some steps behind her as she was spirited along
10. He’s far too proud, too self-interested, and too spirited for me to want to deal with him at all, let alone think of useful bargaining chips
11. All she could do was listen as the normally even-tempered general continued in his spirited mono-logue
12. It was as if he were being spirited forth
13. In the modern philosophy, it was frequently represented as generally, or rather as almost always, inconsistent with any degree of happiness in this life; and heaven was to be earned only by penance and mortification, by the austerities and abasement of a monk, not by the liberal, generous, and spirited conduct of a man
14. Notwithstanding, her aunt Shelagh's open-armed and big- hearted welcome was just as warm and spirited as she had remembered as she fell into it both from exhaustion and elation at having reached her destination that night she fled from the hospital
15. No doubt exists that had not the Ansahs arrived with reports of the strength of the advancing English, which they greatly exaggerated, the Ashantis would have offered a spirited resistance at the entrance to Kumassi, when they found that no amount of subterfuge and false promise would keep back the invader
16. Whenever social costs begin to (marginally) exceed their intended benefits because (limited) resources are either inefficiently allocated or mismanaged or depleting revenue is (simply) unable to keep pace with spending requirements or whenever non-recoverable anti-social attitudes begin to compromise that society‘s quality of life or whenever that society‘s efforts to rehabilitate its economic, intellectual or moral infrastructures or restore flagging morale are no longer effective or have lost their (spirited) momentum or whenever (public) proposals fall short of (private) expectations is that society said to be in a state of decline
17. When they reversed direction, heading back, the question of master and servant again became an issue with the spirited animal, turning the trip up the mountain into an exhilarating test of control
18. On the return ride, the spirited thoroughbred knew exactly where they were going: they were retracing their steps and at the end of the trail waited its cozy stall with a feed bin full of fresh grain
19. As if he had been spirited away, by the same sort of devils that had caught poor Philo
20. Generally, she sounded mean spirited, with a deep loathing of Humans
21. The friendly jostling for the added security of the grain storage’s roof and the ramp leading up to it became a spirited contest for the advantage conferred by the finished portions that the second-level offered
22. The spirited jostling turned into an outright brawl for all that was left unoccupied of the longer ramp between the second level and the platform base, which itself had been overwhelmed with humanity
23. He was clearly not as mean spirited about the topic of religion as he had been in prior decades
24. Always the same person, always Me, but appearing differently: an old woman alone at my end, a lonely lady on a hill and a spirited youth in the woods
25. Marié, a loving, spirited woman, an artist, listened intently to my account of the lady being left to die alone
26. But Ellen sat across the table from him and had a spirited argument with him--an argument during which all his shouting and banter could not fluster her and in which she came off best, flooring Norman so composedly and so completely that he was silent for ten minutes
27. I decided on the first and third bags and we settled on a rather high price after some spirited bargaining
28. 15 Now let us consider the matter; had any of them been weak spirited and cowardly among them,
29. Everyone had been expecting a spirited defense by Harry and his lawyers but none were forthcoming as far as he was concerned
30. The spirited man Jesse remembered fussing about a broken window lay pale and unmoving under the white hospital blanket
31. As the five participants departed Reuben’s domain at the close of a spirited exchange, they were startled by the unexpected brilliance of the northern sky on what should have been a dark moonless night
32. A spirited dialogue now took place between the convinced and those who hesitated that would somehow end in a fateful decision made by the Hebrews of Pithom
33. 15 Now let us consider the matter; had any of them been weak spirited and cowardly among them what reasonings would they have employed but these? 16 O wretched that we are and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us and calls us to his bounty should we not obey him? 17 Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels and venture on a disobedience bringing death? 18 Shall we not fear O brethren the instruments of torture and weigh the threatenings of torment and shun this vain-glory and destructive pride? 19 Let us have compassion on our age and relent over the years of our mother
34. As the five participants departed Reuben's domain at the close of a spirited exchange, they
35. A spirited dialogue now took place between the convinced and those who
36. It was a rich environment, spirited competition, a community of learning
37. I had Jasper under me again and I loved the spirited way that he took to the trail
38. After that the scalpels moved higher, from the drumsticks to the thighs, and still the basilisk would not die, retaining its spirited viciousness until killed outright by butchery of its abdomen—rolling and twitching on its belly in a parody of attempted escape
39. higher price? Had they spirited my eggs away the moment I’d left the clinic, and sold them
40. She was a very brave, very public spirited chicken
41. Eva was a spirited and deeply religious woman
42. spirited, as demonstrated when they shopped for her clothing, both
43. I slept in a small room at the end of a dormitory, in charge of twenty, twelve and thirteen year-old, high spirited laddies
44. The contents had been spirited away by a marauding thief of the night
45. His monologue seemed more perfunctory and less spirited than before
46. My first opponent looked about ten and wobbled ‘Bless this House’ in a breathy treble, then pompous Harry David boomed ‘The Cornish Floral Dance’ before I earned a smattering of applause with what I hoped was a spirited rendition of ‘Westering Home
47. Droplets of perspiration appeared on his wrinkled brow from the exertion; and within a couple of minutes or so stopped the spirited demonstration
48. As though to address her vanity, he added that it was the best career option for a spirited girl like her
49. He believed that Taramis had been spirited away in the night, and confined in some dungeon, and that this being ruling in her place was but a female sorcerer
50. 10 As the Master went aside to refresh himself with water, the eleven engaged in a spirited discussion of these teachings, and Peter was beginning to deliver himself of an extended speech when Jesus returned and beckoned them to be seated