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Examples
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It is a delicate and dangerous task, but I guess I can manage it; at any rate I 'll try, and have nothing to reproach myself with if things do go' contrary. '
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Mary inwardly resolved that he should not get "contrary."
Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Mary Ellen Chase 1930
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It is a delicate and dangerous task, but I guess I can manage it; at any rate I 'll try, and have nothing to reproach myself with if things do go' contrary. '"
An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870
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