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Yet if there is a measure of untruth in such pretty flatteries, one needs to be superhuman in order to condemn them harshly.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLY
As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
He glanced aside, and saw an exceedingly pretty, dark face, which looked vaguely familiar.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
Pretty women without religion are like flowers without perfume.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOU
Blanche stood an instant looking into the lighted room and hesitating—flushed a little, smiling, extremely pretty.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES
A little incident which his mother remembers is not without a pretty allegoric significance.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLING
That poor, pretty creature, starving, in her charming pink dress and hat of roses.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
But she was young enough and pretty enough to pay little heed to pose or background.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
One of the men seemed pretty bad, being hit in the head and in the body.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON

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