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1  I have observed it all my life.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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2  "That is precisely what I was going to observe," cried Mrs Croft.
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3  But let me observe that all histories are against you--all stories, prose and verse.
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4  It did not surprise, but it grieved Anne to observe that Elizabeth would not know him.
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5  "Not that he will value it as he ought," he observed, "Charles is too cool about sporting."
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6  Charles's attentions to Henrietta had been observed by her father and mother without any disapprobation.
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7  I presume to observe, Sir Walter, that, in the way of business, gentlemen of the navy are well to deal with.
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8  He was more obviously struck and confused by the sight of her than she had ever observed before; he looked quite red.
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9  The sea is no beautifier, certainly; sailors do grow old betimes; I have observed it; they soon lose the look of youth.
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10  "Westgate Buildings must have been rather surprised by the appearance of a carriage drawn up near its pavement," observed Sir Walter.
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11  She had spoken it; but she trembled when it was done, conscious that her words were listened to, and daring not even to try to observe their effect.
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12  I must take leave to observe, Sir Walter," said Mr Shepherd one morning at Kellynch Hall, as he laid down the newspaper, "that the present juncture is much in our favour.
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13  She had never received from her more than outward attention, nothing beyond the observances of complaisance; had never succeeded in any point which she wanted to carry, against previous inclination.
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14  A house was never taken good care of, Mr Shepherd observed, without a lady: he did not know, whether furniture might not be in danger of suffering as much where there was no lady, as where there were many children.
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15  It seemed as if she had been one moment too late; and as long as she dared observe, he did not look again: but the performance was recommencing, and she was forced to seem to restore her attention to the orchestra and look straight forward.
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16  He had frequently observed, as he walked, that one handsome face would be followed by thirty, or five-and-thirty frights; and once, as he had stood in a shop on Bond Street, he had counted eighty-seven women go by, one after another, without there being a tolerable face among them.
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17  The girls were now hunting for the Laconia; and Captain Wentworth could not deny himself the pleasure of taking the precious volume into his own hands to save them the trouble, and once more read aloud the little statement of her name and rate, and present non-commissioned class, observing over it that she too had been one of the best friends man ever had.
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