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If there was one thing in the world which she had no intention of doing, it was to show penitence for her conduct to Laura Post or her mother.

From The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series by Margaret Vandercook

You can, however, show penitence, sincerity and gratitude by giving.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Elbert Hubbard

"That is so," laughed Flora, as she took two or three curly parings, and put them on Ruth's hair, to show penitence for her contrariety.

From The Hazeley Family by A. E. (Alfred Edwin) Johnson


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