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If it were for our powers of self-detraction and forgetfulness, all the fairy world which surrounds and draws us would seem to us but a broken spectre in the darkness, an empty appearance, a fleeting hallucination.
Amiel's Journal Henri Fr��d��ric Amiel 1885
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The self-detraction seemed delicate, and the unexpectedness of the reply amused her.
The Philistines Arlo Bates 1884
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If a contrary deportment argue vanity, self-detraction seems to be the offspring of pride.
Jane Talbot Charles Brockden Brown 1790
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