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If, as Englishmen, we blush at the disgrace of a King sold to France, and a court and nation abandoned to such licentious contmipt of all Christian obli - gations, that even decency is compelled to consign their polite literature to obli*
The loyalists: an historical novel, by the author of 'Letters to a young man'. 1812
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The closeness in French, obli: forgetfulness; oublier: to forget, influenced my slowness to remember.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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The closeness in French, obli: forgetfulness; oublier: to forget, influenced my slowness to remember.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Because, ITT says, it's contractually obli - gated to provide it.
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At other times, indeed, I cast an eye of some pleasure on him (when he looked another way) on thinking him the only man on earth, to whom, in such distress, I could have wished to owe the obli-gations 1 am under to him.
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Forgive me; but when your friends are so good as to think me incapable of returning ingratitude for obli-gation, I hope I shall not be classed, by their beloved daughter, among the lowest of mankind.
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Does he lay every-body that knows him under obli-gation?
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"I want to finish discussing the rest of my financial obli-gations first" She frowned.
A Secret Vengeance Lee, Miranda 2001
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This is something created -- ca -- the infallibility of the pope was made obli -- an obligatory belief for Catholics in 1870.
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There they are, my mother sitting on Mr. Shirazi's lap: someo'ne yells for them to kiss and they gladly obli e.
the secret sense Tan, Amy 1995
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