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The pursuit of honors and riches is likewise very absorbing, especially if such objects be sought simply for their own sake,
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And what might have been the case, who knows? had I not coughed on purpose: unwilling, for your sake,
Pamela 2006
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I've made so many mistakes, bigger than all of the great lakes, and I'm telling you for goodness sake,
poeticdragon Diary Entry poeticdragon 2006
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"She was a dancer — chorus line, not ballet," Donny added, for my sake,
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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"She was a dancer — chorus line, not ballet," Donny added, for my sake,
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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Which oft our stage hath shown; and, for their sake,
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And Mary is sorry for that rogue, no doubt, and believes that he did it for her sake,
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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That he neither eats, drinks or sleeps for her sake,
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We become Buddhas, automatically arising for wanderers 'sake,
An Offering Ceremony to the Spiritual Masters Pan-chen Blo-bzang chos-kyi rgyal-mtshan 2001
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Levitical dispensation, the, not appointed by God for His own sake,
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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