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... in Spinoza's God there is so little that is positive that it is not worth preserving. All Nature is in Him, and if the objector is sincere he will confess that it is not the lack of contents in the idea which is disappointing, but a lack of contents particularly ...

— Pages from a Journal with Other Papers • Mark Rutherford

... a sigh, was obliged to confess that the romantic part of her first friendship was at an end, and that the object of it was only worthy of a ...

— The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray

... of security? They are very bold, by the way, in quest of cordage, and I have often watched them stripping the fibrous bark from a honeysuckle growing over the very door. But, indeed, all my birds look upon me as if I were a mere tenant at will, and they were landlords. With shame I confess it, I have been bullied even by a hummingbird. This spring, as I was cleansing a pear-tree of its lichens, one of these little zigzagging blurs came purring toward me, couching his long bill like a lance, his throat sparkling ...

— My Garden Acquaintance • James Russell Lowell

... are lying. Or does illness follow food partaken in a dream? Perhaps the rascal Sukebei has not been paid. Is Rokuzo a thief?" Rokuzo groaned in pain and discomfiture. He would make a clean breast of it; confess to more than mere food. And he did. "Nor is Rokuzo the only victim. Isuke, chu[u]gen of Okumura Sama of the Bancho[u], nearly lost his life. Others have been trapped; and others knew enough to refuse service and run away. Truly this Rokuzo is a fool. Condescend the honoured intercession. ...

— Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House) - Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 (of 2) • James S. De Benneville

... does not satisfy your eye, accustomed to the breadth of prairie views. Confess that you are a little weary of it and ...

— Outpost • J.G. Austin

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