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  • As often as she noticed this, she ran up-stairs, whispered the secret to the duchess over again, and said to the duchess besides,

    A Holiday Romance 2007

  • Turks and Russians; but they are necessarily enemies; and, besides,

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • As often as she noticed this, she ran up-stairs, whispered the secret to the duchess over again, and said to the duchess besides,

    A Holiday Romance 2007

  • I found it the best sort of riding, after all, to appear to be on horseback and walk safely a-foot at the same time; and it was impossible to come down as long as I kept on my own legs: besides,

    Cox's Diary 2006

  • I found it the best sort of riding, after all, to appear to be on horseback and walk safely a-foot at the same time; and it was impossible to come down as long as I kept on my own legs: besides,

    Burlesques 2006

  • I did not like her going out in all weathers; I thought it would be more advantageous for her to obtain a permanent situation; besides,

    The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte 2006

  • ‘I don’t see how that makes it any better; besides,

    Framley Parsonage 2004

  • As he was very young, and unacquainted with the world, I thought my story might have escaped him; and therefore determined to give him a faithful detail of the whole, that he might not have anything to reproach me with in the sequel; besides,

    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

  • ‘I will go and ask it all directly, ma’am; besides,

    The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

  • So when all came to all, we made up our minds to learn him a lesson to stick to his own work; besides,

    Robbery Under Arms 2004

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