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Despite Connor's sister's offering her the use of the house for as long as she wished,
Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005
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Arkady remembered Yegorovna, and sighed and wished,
Fathers and Sons 2003
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As if being forced into telling more than he wished,
Witch World Norton, Andre 1963
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There was an aroma of chivalrous romance about this action of Prince Andras, who was rich enough and independent enough to have married, if he had wished,
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What now the wise man thought, the good man wished,
Act I. Scene II 1909
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"No," he said, though it cost him an effort not to do as she wished,
The Gold Trail Harold Bindloss 1905
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Henry bowed and smiled, assured him all would be as he wished,
The end of an era, 1899
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What now the wise man thought, the good man wished,
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Kuno Francke 1892
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The Captain's wooden leg preventing him from getting on board the enemy as rapidly as he wished,
Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The helmet, and forth leaped, whose most they wished,
The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1832
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