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Obsequiousness, rather than independence, is more likely to feed his family ... his entire ideology [is] no ideology at all other than the expectation of material surfeit and liberty to enjoy his gains as he sees fit.
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Obsequiousness, rather than independence, is more likely to feed his family ... his entire ideology [is] no ideology at all other than the expectation of material surfeit and liberty to enjoy his gains as he sees fit.
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Obsequiousness toward those in power is another version of envy in disguise.
Why is it Always About You? Sandy Hotchkiss 2002
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Obsequiousness toward those in power is another version of envy in disguise.
Why is it Always About You? Sandy Hotchkiss 2002
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He had found a way to live by Obsequiousness (in _Clement's-Inn_, as I remember) and courting the Attornies Clerks for Scraps.
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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I don't doubt but you have already made your Observation upon the servile Crowd who attend my Motions, who wait upon my Commands, with an Obsequiousness that perhaps is not practised in your Parts of the
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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I made a discovery; it came in upon me with a flash that Sullens had been unjustly punished from beginning to end, and the real culprit throughout had been Obsequiousness.
The Ebb-Tide Lloyd Osbourne 1907
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Obsequiousness was all smiles; he ran to catch your eye, he loved to gabble; and he had about
The Ebb-Tide Lloyd Osbourne 1907
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Obsequiousness ran out of the first like wine out of a bottle, sullenness congested in the second.
The Ebb-Tide Lloyd Osbourne 1907
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They all burst out lamenting for their comrade in the island way, and Obsequiousness was the loudest of the mourners.
The Ebb-Tide Lloyd Osbourne 1907
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