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Thus my memory was really correct; I had merely forgotten the experience to which it referred.
CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGYHANS GROSS
Infinite—this word is by no means the expression of a clear idea: it is merely the expression of an effort to attain one.
Latent heat is therefore not dissipated, it is merely transformed and has taken on the form of molecular elasticity.
LANDMARKS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISMFRIEDRICH ENGELS
Yet he merely looked at me with his trust-me-and-test-me expression.
THE PRAIRIE CHILDARTHUR STRINGER
It seemed indeed as if she merely coquetted with the point, and Captain Jackman noticed it.
A TALE OF TWO TUNNELSWILLIAM CLARK RUSSELL
Was she merely a creature bred of the teeming earth, or had she an individuality beyond the earth?
JESSH. RIDER HAGGARD
He did not conceal anything; he merely outlined without filling in the bare suggestion.
MONEY MAGICHAMLIN GARLAND
Till then the Californians had been merely spectators of the conflict.
TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF MONSIEUR VIOLETCAPTAIN MARRYAT
He had merely called that gentleman's attention to the very serious allegations laid at his door, and this was true.
A WOUNDED NAMECHARLES KING
I wondered how Ayesha knew that Inez was sick, but being too tired to ask questions, merely bade him lead on.
SHE AND ALLANH. RIDER HAGGARD
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