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Recha, in her noblemindedness, pardons Leopold and Eudora, and resolves to die, alone.
The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley
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Next May he fell into the hands of the persecutors, and nine months later suffered at Tyburn, after having given proofs of unusal constancy and noblemindedness in prison, at the bar, and on the scaffold.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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There is little doubt the dexterous and spirited old lady gave Louise sound advice, and had she acted under her holy influence, her name would have become a monument of noblemindedness, a lesson, in fact, against striking a vicious, cowardly blow at the unfortunate.
The Tragedy of St. Helena Walter Runciman 1892
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In fact, I should not be Grandad or Dad, notwithstanding the beauty and noblemindedness and capacity of my dear kids.
Letters of Franklin K. Lane Franklin Knight Lane 1892
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A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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But indeed, have we not from of old the noblest of proofs, still palpable to every one of us, of what devoutness and noblemindedness had dwelt in these rustic thoughtful peoples?
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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