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Benignant tumors frequently disappear on a limited diet.
Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker
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S: Allah is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance to whom He pleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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Benignant and splendid, or splendid and sinister, the western sky reflects the hidden purposes of the royal mind.
The Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad 1890
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Then came the Angry Heavens, the Benignant Moon, Mars and Mercury ready to avenge the outrages done to God; Jove grasping a thunderbolt and about to hurl it against the comune, Venus anxious to overthrow the city, and
Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889
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Benignant Mrs. Martin was knitting as usual, and the three women sat together in a friendly group and Nan asked and answered questions most cordially.
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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Benignant nature meant her children should live on in happy contentment here forever; but sin and Satan came in, and death was the vengeance that followed their doings.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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I have not come to be sixty-eight years of age without observing somewhat of the Things that have passed around me; and one of the best signs of the Times in which I live (and due in great part to the Humane and Benignant complexion of his Majesty) is the falling off in bloodthirsty and cruel Punishments.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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And in GEDULAH He took the character of _Great_ and _Benignant_; in GEBURAH, of _Severe_; in TEPHARETH, of _Beautiful_; in NETSAKH, of _Overcoming_; in HŌD, of OUR GLORIOUS AUTHOR; in YESOD, of _Just_, by Yesod all vessels and worlds being upheld; and in MALAKOTH He applied to Himself the title of _King_.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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Benignant but extremely cautious, he professed goodwill enough to the States but quite as much for Spain, a power with which, he observed, he had never quarrelled, and from which he had received the most friendly offices.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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