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This indeed is the only instance of their frugality, for in all other things they are prodigal, even to the beggaring of themselves: but besides this, they carry about with them a great number of idle fellows, who never learned any art by which they may gain their living; and these, as soon as either their lord dies, or they themselves fall sick, are turned out of doors; for your lords are readier to feed idle people, than to take care of the sick; and often the heir is not able to keep together so great a family as his predecessor did.— Ideal Commonwealths
When, however, under the impulse of violent pain, a person happens involuntarily to sigh or groan or even shriek, this indeed is the act of a man, but, inasmuch as it is physically uncontrollable, it is not a human act.— Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
This indeed was the part that Hawthorne played socially in the little community at West Roxbury.— Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series)
This indeed is a delightful spot:--on the north-west rolls the majestic Mississippi, while the dark forests which clothe the numerous islands of Rock river, with its several rippling streams on the south-east, form a delightful contrast, which is rendered still more pleasing from the general declivity of the surrounding country, as it sinks gradually away to the shores of these rivers.— Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk
This indeed was the plague.— The Last Man

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