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When he came forward after his father's death, we believed in his pledges and promises, as a retrencher and reformer, and we stuck by him.
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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When he came forward after his father’s death, we believed in his pledges and promises, as a retrencher and reformer, and we stuck by him.
The Newcomes 2006
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