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1 Since it was her fate to live in a boarding-house, she must learn to fall in with the conditions of the life.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
2 Meanwhile she could honestly be proud of the skill with which she had adapted herself to somewhat delicate conditions.
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3 The morrow, rising on an apparent continuance of the same conditions, revealed nothing of what had occurred between the confronted pair.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
4 Even under the most adverse conditions, that pleasure always made itself felt: she might hate him, but she had never been able to wish him out of the room.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
5 Selden, immersed in his work, had told himself that external conditions did not matter to a man in his state, and that cold and ugliness were a good tonic for relaxed sensibilities.
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6 Her enjoyment of her surroundings was, indeed, tinged by the unpleasant consideration that she was accepting the hospitality and courting the approval of people she had disdained under other conditions.
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7 The lady's offences were always against taste rather than conduct; her divorce record seemed due to geographical rather than ethical conditions; and her worst laxities were likely to proceed from a wandering and extravagant good-nature.
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8 He saw that all the conditions of life had conspired to keep them apart; since his very detachment from the external influences which swayed her had increased his spiritual fastidiousness, and made it more difficult for him to live and love uncritically.
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9 Lily, perceiving all this, understood that he would marry her at once, on the sole condition of a reconciliation with Mrs. Dorset; and the temptation was the less easy to put aside because, little by little, circumstances were breaking down her dislike for Rosedale.
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