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"Think!" cried Mr. Pryor, pushing Laddie away and sitting up: "Think how I shall enjoy wringing the last drop of blood from that craven's body with these old hands!"
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"Think!" cried Mr. Pryor, pushing Laddie away and sitting up: "Think how I shall enjoy wringing the last drop of blood from that craven's body with these old hands!"
Laddie; a true blue story Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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Anne and the humiliations she had suffered in this craven's presence.
The Long Night Stanley John Weyman 1891
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He roused the tempest, he angered the Fates, he tossed her to them; and reason, coldest reason, close as it ever is to the craven's heart in its hour of trial, whispers that he was prompted to fling the gambler's die by the swollen conceit in his fortune rather than by his desire for the prize.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Her craven's instinct to make a sacrifice of others flew with claws of hatred at her parents.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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By contrast with the treacherous Tresten, whose iciness roused her to defiance, the nervous little advocate seemed an emissary of the skies, and she invoked her treasure-stores of the craven's craftiness in revolt to compose a letter that should move him, melt the good angel to espouse her cause.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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She knew not in truth what to feel: the craven's dilemma when yet feeling much.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Her craven's instinct to make a sacrifice of others flew with claws of hatred at her parents.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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The craven's first instinct for safety, quick as the cavern lynx for light, set her on the idea that she was abandoned: it whispered of quietness if she submitted.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Severances are accomplished within the heart stroke by stroke; within the craven's heart each new step resulting from a blow is temporarily an absolute severance.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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