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1  Scarlett restrained herself from sniffing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  With difficulty she restrained a smile of glee.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  I'm going away tomorrow and I'm too ardent a lover to restrain my passion any longer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
4  Rhett could be grave of manner and charming when he chose to restrain his tongue and keep his black eyes from dancing maliciously.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER LII
5  There was a carefully restrained ferocity in his dark face, a ruthlessness which would have frightened her had she the wits to see it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
6  Only the respect due Miss Pittypat and his presence under her roof as a guest had restrained him from showing his feelings more obviously.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  He hurriedly summoned Dr. Meade and two other doctors, and with difficulty he was restrained from beating the unfortunate nurse with his crop.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER L
8  Scarlett knew that family tradition would forcibly restrain many of these people from such a struggle-- with the making of money admittedly its aim.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
9  But she restrained herself and she found that twisting Yankee men around her finger was no more difficult than that same diversion had been with Southern men.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
10  She wanted very much to scream every time Melanie did, and only by biting her lips so hard it infuriated her could she restrain herself and drive off hysteria.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXII
11  Suellen was an annoying sister with her whining and selfishness, and had it not been for Ellen's restraining hand, Scarlett would frequently have boxed her ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  At the mention of Melanie, Scarlett began to breathe hard and could scarcely restrain herself from crying out the whole story, that only honor kept Ashley with Melanie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  Scarlett had been restraining her appetite for hours, waiting for the return of the others and the thought of the Yankee eating their meager meal made her shake with anger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  The things about him which she could not understand only made her love him more, and his odd, restrained courtship only served to increase her determination to have him for her own.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
15  And when Frank would cough apologetically and say: "Sugar, I wouldn't do this," or "I wouldn't do that, Sugar, if I were you," it was all she could do to restrain herself from flying into a rage, and frequently she did not restrain herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI