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“Dear Aaron, I am so glad you are come,” said the innocent-minded widow, as she went up stairs with him, to show him his room; and then he embraced her also.
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We will assume, simply for the purposes of this argument, that you, reader, are an innocent-minded elderly lady, and a regular subscriber to the Local Circulating Library.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 Various
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Harry was no longer the thoughtful, affectionate, innocent-minded young man of former days.
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As for Little Emly, she is, to use a stage term, a stock character; we all know the virtuous, innocent-minded, wronged maidens of melodrama.
Criticisms and Interpretations. V. By W. Teignmouth Shore 1917
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Please, dear Neros, cease fiddling for a short time, and let us poor, harmless, innocent-minded country - folk have some assurance that you are not going to fight all
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Your record's a bit too precipitous, Major, for the most innocent-minded military boss. '
Greenmantle John Buchan 1907
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Hermione's face showed the distress she felt, and Steingall's disposition was far too generous to permit of any further probing in this direction when the inquiry gave pain to a young and innocent-minded girl.
One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Louis Tracy 1895
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It is not worthy of thee to betray an innocent-minded girl, and disown her in such terms, after having so lately and so solemnly plighted thy vows to her in the hermitage.
Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Kalidasa 1866
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Do the patriotic, innocent-minded lovers of a Republican form of Government imagine, for an instant, that all danger to its continued existence and well-being has ceased to threaten?
The Great Conspiracy, Volume 7 John Alexander Logan 1856
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Do the patriotic, innocent-minded lovers of a Republican form of Government imagine, for an instant, that all danger to its continued existence and well-being has ceased to threaten?
The Great Conspiracy, Complete John Alexander Logan 1856
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