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  • First of all you again represt the false “global cooling” scare.

    Waldo Jaquith - Fact check: Climatologists never forecast a coming ice age. 2007

  • He would even have renewed his addresses to my daughter; but she rejected them in such a manner as totally represt his future solicitations.

    The Vicar of Wakefield 2004

  • The readiness with which she undertook to vindicate herself, and her blushing, were symptoms I did not internally approve; but I represt my suspicions.

    The Vicar of Wakefield 2004

  • For a time, spare diet, frequent watching, and severe penance cooled and represt the natural warmth of his constitution: But no sooner did opportunity present itself, no sooner did He catch a glimpse of joys to which He was still a Stranger, than

    The Monk 2004

  • In her right hand She held a small Book: A lively expression of pleasure beamed upon her countenance; But still it was mingled with a wild imperious majesty which inspired the Monk with awe, and represt in some measure his transports at seeing her.

    The Monk 2004

  • Sophia even represt excellence from her fears to offend.

    The Vicar of Wakefield 2004

  • Nay, even this persuasion might not have had such weight with them, and they might have thought my punishment too severe, had not their good dispositions been represt by blind obedience to their Superior.

    The Monk 2004

  • By a strict administration of the laws, since the laws have been introduced into the Highlands, this disposition to thievery is very much represt.

    A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland 2003

  • It is, however, important that manifestation of purposeless energy should be rigidly represt.

    Poise: How to Attain It D. Starke

  • The awkwardness that is the bugbear of the timid shows itself even beneath their work of cynicism, and the very effort accuses them, no less than their flighty and unreasoning conversation and their gestures, now exaggerated and now represt, all of which make up a whole that entirely fails to give an impression of harmony.

    Poise: How to Attain It D. Starke

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