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1  But I was, what is called, PUTTING IT ON, to save appearances, though the attack was a genuine one.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: IX
2  She understood from all this what a woman understands first of all, if she feels genuine love, that is, that I was myself unhappy.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: IX
3  I, for instance, genuinely despised my official work and did not openly abuse it simply because I was in it myself and got a salary for it.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: I
4  I might even be genuinely touched, though probably I should grind my teeth at myself afterwards and lie awake at night with shame for months after.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: I
5  I don't recall the words now, but I remember well that through the high-flown phrases there was apparent a genuine feeling, which cannot be feigned.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: VII
6  At the same time I was genuinely touched and penitent, I used to shed tears and, of course, deceived myself, though I was not acting in the least and there was a sick feeling in my heart at the time.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: V
7  You boast of consciousness, but you are not sure of your ground, for though your mind works, yet your heart is darkened and corrupt, and you cannot have a full, genuine consciousness without a pure heart.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: XI
8  The poor girl was keeping that student's letter as a precious treasure, and had run to fetch it, her only treasure, because she did not want me to go away without knowing that she, too, was honestly and genuinely loved; that she, too, was addressed respectfully.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: VII