Deserved Sentence Examples

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  • I'd be getting just what I deserved if I hit you.

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  • He deserved an honest answer about her response.

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  • He deserved better than me.

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  • She deserved nothing less than to die broken and alone after what she'd done to her baby.

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  • Deep inside, she knew she probably deserved them.

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  • Those demons Sasha killed really deserved it.

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  • He deserved more than the sympathetic ear she had been lending him lately.

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  • I'd never killed an adult before tonight but he deserved to die.

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  • Look, if she did go and do something rash, we both know the jerk deserved it.

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  • She told him he was spoiling her and he insisted she deserved it.

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  • The quarrels of these monks might have been left to the contempt they deserved, had not Napoleon III.

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  • The " Savage Diet " which assembled on the 18th of October the same year, to punish the rebels and restore order, well deserved its name.

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  • It is curious that Laplace, while bestowing more attention than they deserved on the crude conjectures of Buffon, seems to have been unaware that he had been, to some extent, anticipated by Kant, who had put forward in 1755, in his Allgemeine Naturgeschichte, a true though defective nebular cosmogony.

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  • Pamela was entrusted with all her husband's secrets and took an active part in furthering his designs; and she appears to have fully deserved the confidence placed in her, though there is reason to suppose that at times she counselled prudence.

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  • This last was, and deserved to be, the most successful of its author's whole theatre.

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  • But in the absence of a general demonstration of that principle, his results did not command the confidence which they would otherwise have deserved, and it became desirable to have a theory more certain, and depending solely on the fundamental laws of mechanics.

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  • Ignorant, brutal, grasping and corrupt as he was, he deserved the confidence of his master.

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  • Upon his head was concentrated the whole of the popular indignation against the foreign favourites; and he seems to have deserved this unenviable distinction.

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  • At the time he sent it to Grimald Walafrid had, as he himself tells us, hardly passed his eighteenth year, and he begs his correspondent to revise his verses, because, "as it is not lawful for a monk to hide anything from his abbot," he fears he may be beaten with deserved stripes.

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  • It is hard to explain this solitary instance of shabby conduct in a thoroughly generous man towards a person to whom he was unalterably attached and who fully deserved his affection.

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  • For more than two centuries Bruno received scarcely the consideration he deserved.

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  • Almost the only American scientist of his day, he displayed remarkably deep as well as remarkably varied abilities in science and deserved the honours enthusiastically given him by the savants of Europe.

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  • But even their fiercest fighting leaders, Rewi and Te Kooti, scarcely deserved the name of generals.

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  • On the 13th of June it voted that the city of Paris had deserved well of the country, and ordered the imprisonment of the detained deputies, the filling up of their places in the Assembly by their sup pleants, and the initiation of vigorous measures against the movement in the provinces.

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  • Louis well deserved the epithet of "great" bestowed upon him by his contemporaries; later (1241) the Tatar hordes, under Batu, appeared Sword.

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  • In 1800 he was appointed to the command of the "Speedy" brig, a small vessel in which he gained a great and deserved reputation as a daring and skilful officer.

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  • Perhaps Gertz deserved his fate for "unnecessarily making himself the tool of an unheard-of despotism," but his death was certainly a judicial murder, and some historians even regard him as a political martyr.

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  • The critical resources at the disposal of scholars in 1611 were very meagre, and the few early manuscripts with which they were acquainted failed to receive the attention they deserved.

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  • Shut out, in spite of the deserved success of his decorations of the cupola of Val de Grace (1664), from any great share in those public works the control of which was the attribute of the new Academy, Mignard was chiefly active in portraiture.

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  • As the cult of the Phytalidae sank into insignificance beside the greater mysteries, the term sycophant survived in popular language in the sense of an informer or denouncer, whose charges deserved but little consideration.

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  • The interest of this money was to be divided into five equal parts, to be distributed every year as rewards to the persons who had deserved best of mankind in five departments of human activity.

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  • The popular style, good illustrations and pious spirit pervading the writings of Lavater have given to them a popularity they little deserved, as there is no system in his work, which chiefly consists of rhapsodical comments upon the several portraits.

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  • He well deserved the surname of Le Bon, by which he is known to posterity.

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  • Laud was a prodigy of parts and learning over whose tomb Art and Genius still continued to weep. Hampden deserved no more honourable name than that of the "zealot of rebellion."

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  • Egypt was largely governed by his favorite Karaksh, who lives in popular legend as the unjust judge, though he does not appear to have deserved that title.

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  • Alike for what he did and for what he was, there is none to equal Alfred in the whole line of English sovereigns; and no monarch in history ever deserved more truly the epithet of Great.

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  • As an orator he well deserved the epithet of "the Hungarian purple Cicero."

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  • According to all the accounts which have reached us, few men on whom the distinction of beatification has been conferred could have deserved it more nobly than Fra Giovanni.

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  • For the Jews who still deserved the name the policy of Antiochus wore a very different aspect.

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  • In particular he allows that " there was at any rate enough of charlatanism in Protagoras and Hippias to prevent any ardour for their historical reputation," that the sophists generally " had in their lifetime more success than they deserved," that it was " antagonism to their teaching which developed the genius of Socrates," and, above all, that, " in his anxiety to do justice to the Sophist, Grote laid more stress than is at all necessary on the partisanship of Plato."

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  • The ward into which she penetrated was like a den of wild beasts; it was filled with women unsexed, fighting, swearing, dancing, gaming, yelling and justly deserved its name of "hell above ground."

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  • The two generals to whom he owed still more were not treated as they deserved.

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  • On the other hand, Sadik, brother to Zaki, who had won considerable and deserved repute by the capture of Basra from the Turkish governor, abandoned his hold of the conquered town on hearing of the death of Karim, and appeared with his army before Shiraz.

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  • It was published in 1800, and, although it failed to make any impression on the general public, it became at once prized by Scott and others as it deserved.

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  • Goes (q.v.) wrote a number of other historical and descriptive works in Portuguese and Latin, some of which were printed during his residence in the Low Countries and contributed to his deserved fame.

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  • A book of quite a different order is the Co.ntos de proveito e exemplo by Fernandes Trancoso, containing a series of twenty-nine tales derived from tradition or imitated from Boccaccio and others, which enjoyed deserved favour for more than a century.

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  • Of modern scholars Ritschl has deserved best of Varro.

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  • But Louis was not of the 20th century but of the 13th, and after his kind he certainly deserved Joinville's admiration.

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  • Besides the poems mentioned above, he wrote hymns to Dante, to the Apostles, "Dio e popolo," &c. The chief merit of his work lies in the spontaneity and enthusiasm for the Italian cause which rendered it famous, in spite of certain technical imperfections, and he well deserved the epithet of "The Tyrtaeus of the Italian revolution."

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  • He declared to Northumberland, the kinsman and master of Thomas Percy, the conspirator, "as for the Catholics, I will neither persecute any that will be quiet and give but an outward obedience to the law, neither will I spare to advance any of them that will be of good service and worthily deserved."

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  • Cavaignac was censured by some for having, by his delay, allowed the insurrection to gather head; but in the chamber he was declared by a unanimous vote to have deserved well of his country.

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  • The regret for his loss was universal; for no modern man was ever better loved or better deserved to be loved.

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  • Pompey, though he had some great and good qualities, hardly deserved his surname of "the Great."

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  • In Edinburgh he did not earn great local professional success; and, it must be confessed, he was not appreciated as he deserved.

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  • The contemptuous disregard for the will of parliament which the king displayed brought on him a worse fate than he deserved.

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  • Warbeck deserved all that he reaped, Edward of but the unlucky Clarences fate estranged many hearts from the king.

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  • But in so doing he exalted that which, in spite of all that had happened, best deserved to be exalted.

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  • He richly deserved the epithet "the greatest of the Magyars" bestowed upon him by his political antagonist Kossuth.

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  • It was but one voice, that no man in the kingdom better deserved an honourable provision should be made for him."

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  • And the leaders of the Constituent who came first on the stage, and hoped to make a revolution with rose-water, and hardly realized any more than Burke did how rotten was the structure which they had undertaken to build up, almost deserved his contempt, even if, as is certainly true, they did not deserve his indignation.

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  • The vileness of such criticism was punished, as it deserved to be, in the Letter to a Noble Lord (1796), in which Burke showed the usual art of all his compositions in shaking aside the insignificances of a subject.

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  • In 1907 Prince Billow was made the subject of a disgraceful libel, which received more attention than it deserved because it coincided with the Harden-Moltke scandals; his character was, however,completely vindicated,and the libeller, a journalist named Brand, received a term of imprisonment.

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  • The possibility of redemption depends upon the bestowal of Divine Grace, which, because it is in no instance deserved, can be awarded or withdrawn without injustice.

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  • When, however, it is remembered that the unanimous decision of the Swiss churches and of the Swiss state governments was that Servetus deserved to die; that the general voice of Christendom was in favour of this; that even such a man as Melanchthon affirmed the justice of the sentence; 3 that an eminent English divine of the next age should declare the process against him "just and honourable," 4 and that only a few voices here and there were at the time raised against it, many will be ready to accept the judgment of Coleridge, that the death of Servetus was not "Calvin's guilt especially, but the common opprobrium of all European Christendom."

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  • The Exercitationes on the whole seem to have excited more attention than they deserved.

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  • The writer of this letter suggested that his open condemnation of the murders had been a matter of expediency, and that Burke deserved his fate.

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  • Towards the middle of the 18th century Leipzig was the seat of the most influential body of literary men in Germany, over whom Johann Christoph Gottsched, like his contemporary, Samuel Johnson, in England, exercised a kind of literary dictatorship. Then, if ever, Leipzig deserved the epithet of a "Paris in miniature" (Klein Paris) assigned to it by Goethe in his Faust.

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  • His correspondence as a spiritual adviser was enormous; his deserved reputation for piety and for solidity of character made him the chosen confessor to whom large numbers of men and women unburdened their doubts and their sins.

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  • Berengaria, a woman of very noble character and eminent ability, deserved a better husband than her cousin of Leon, who was nicknamed El Babosothe Slobbererand who appears to have been epileptic. In 1212 the king of Castile reaped the reward of long years of patience.

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  • Thus Mehring is justly claimed as the originator of comb-foundation, though the value of his invention was less eagerly taken advantage of even in Germany than its merits deserved.

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  • Aurelian well deserved the title of restorer of the empire, and it must be remembered that he lived in an age when severity was absolutely necessary.

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  • He died in great poverty in 1714, leaving behind him a great and deserved reputation for treachery.

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  • This woman lying next to me whom I dearly loved deserved protection and I was ill equipped to provide it.

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  • Jonny was once again a human, albeit one that deserved a beating for dragging a sister as sweet and innocent as Bianca into Talon's grip.

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  • The Guardians deserved this after losing so many of them.

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  • If any man deserved death, it was Czerno.

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  • Dark memories crossed his mind, along with his resolve to finally let his brother's memory rest in the peace it deserved.

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  • The bastard deserved it.

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  • There was only one creature in any world that deserved to suffer from a blood-bond, and that was past-Death.

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  • In any case, Lori deserved to have something – and probably would have if she had contested the will instead of running away.

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  • If Gabriel didn't see the difference between the two women when past-Death showed up on his doorstep, he deserved a lifetime with this arrogant bitch.

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  • The Immortals deserved neither mercy nor peace, especially their leader.

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  • She wasn't sure Qatwal deserved a peaceful existence after refusing to help Anshan, but for Evelyn's sake, she wanted the wars to end, even if A'Ran didn't want her anymore.

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  • It's none of my business what—" "I guess I deserved that.

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  • He delayed mentioning Edith's visit to his room as if that encounter deserved its own time and chapter in this bizarre scenario.

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  • He moved away from the Lake.  He had a long journey ahead of him, one he didn't relish taking.  But, if he was to be the honorable Death that mortals and Immortals alike deserved, he had to do it.  Gabe's thoughts went to his predecessor once again.  He couldn't help wondering what happened to her.  He'd expected her abandonment of the underworld would grant him some sort of peace or reprieve.  However, after thousands of years with the vexing deity, he found himself lonely instead.

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  • I really enjoyed your company and I shouldn't have—I didn't mourn my husband near as much as he deserved.

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  • She loved him with a passion that he never could have imagined – and still wasn't sure he deserved.

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  • Call me naïve, but I spent most of my life around bad people who deserved what came to them.

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  • Dusty deserved happiness after all he'd been through.

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  • The woman infuriated him, inflamed him, but no woman deserved what awaited her at the hands of kingdoms like Landis!

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  • The decision to fine him was a total travesty of what he deserved.

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  • Like Alan Turing, Mitchell did not receive the public acclamation that historians and experts believe he deserved.

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  • He was almost apologetic in his manner, believing he deserved his fate, whereas I didn't.

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  • I thought the whole cast fully deserved the standing applause they got!

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  • They will be the deserved victims of their own avarice.

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  • A well deserved epitaph for one of the great British balladeers.

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  • The fact remains that, despite her deserved star billing, Smith's role is really an extended cameo.

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  • On the other hand, these evil men deserved no clemency, and as captives, would doubtless cause what havoc they could.

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  • It will, indeed, be paying them a deserved compliment.

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  • Williams grabbed a deserved consolation for Lynn when he headed home Richard Skelly's cross.

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  • Gerry Winter's politically courageous action did not get the appreciation it deserved.

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  • Some quite remarkable works may have appeared, had he lived a further 10 years, giving him the recognition he so justly deserved.

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  • Give yourself a well deserved pat on the back.

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  • Aptly the band closed with a well deserved encore, Lucky Peterson's ' Good Thing Is About To Run Out ' .

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  • It is almost filmic - the curtain call, taken by the 50-plus backstage crew at the end, is richly deserved.

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  • Wildor deserved better support than she got from her Palemon, Jonathan Cope in a very glum mood.

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  • Well done to all the team on a very gutsy performance you deserved your medals.

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  • She put in a really gutsy effort and was rewarded with the biggest cheer of the day, which was well deserved.

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  • The act actually ends with our diva annoying the jazz singer intensely with a blaze of vocal gymnastics, I think he deserved it.

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  • But shortly after, Lynn took a deserved lead.

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  • But how much of the wolf's reputation for killing livestock is deserved?

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  • The unions became increasingly sectarian, increasingly materialist, until they deserved as well as received their defeat at the hands of Margaret Thatcher.

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  • His innate modesty and his sense of artistic privacy would certainly make him shun such a title but he fully deserved it nonetheless.

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  • If even anyone deserved the nickname of ' Lukewarm ' it has to be him.

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  • This particular term - which places more emphasis on teaching than on learning - had almost faded into a perhaps deserved obscurity.

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  • Plato once opined that the object of justice was to see that each man got what he deserved.

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  • Parry came off with 10 minutes remaining to a deserved ovation.

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  • A rousing standing ovation is what they deserved and got.

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  • Never being one to give up, Simon hit overdrive and after some brave passing maneuvers he ended up a well deserved 4th.

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  • Derek Bentley was finally granted a well deserved posthumous pardon in 1998.

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  • It took considerable education to teach our judges that prostitutes deserved the full protection of the law against brutal pimps and sadistic johns.

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  • The prince deserved better, although he was very pompous.

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  • We were on a bit of a roll and decided that these products deserved more active promotion.

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  • He netted a rebound from his penalty to claim a point which Everton barely deserved.

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  • There's a barbecue and a well deserved rest for cowboys and horses among the Canadian redwoods.

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  • Her restaurant has earned a well deserved reputation of being one of the finest in the North West.

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  • After a rather rocky season, a medal placing is richly deserved.

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  • Their Oscar for best adapted screenplay is richly deserved.

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  • Overall Rocketeer deserved to do better than it actually did, it certainly warrants a sequel.

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  • Uruguayan striker silva fired them into a deserved lead after a high ball over the top left the visitors all at sea.

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  • In summary, I found that Sylvie deserved all 4 standing ovations that she received.

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  • Whilst they are unlikely to break into the mainstream they will be assured thoroughly deserved cult status.

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  • This was a well deserved tribute to its excellent finish.

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  • But our defensive frailties again reared their heads and Wolves ran out deserved 3-2 victors.

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  • In the unusual position of being down at half-time, an inspirational team talk led to a well deserved 3-2 win.

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  • Meaning surely deserved better than naked prejudice from a bunch of old windbags, or how could it be held to be important?

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  • Tho City had luck on their side - Arsenal were twice denied by the woodwork - Pearce's team deserved reward for their efforts.

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  • Perhaps the discrepancy is to be explained by supposing that the pious tsar did not consider all his victims as servants of the Lord, whose souls deserved the prayers of the faithful.

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  • He points out that under this benevolent despotism, though men might be happy, their happiness was unstable, because it depended on the character of a single man; and the highest praise he can give to those virtuous princes is that they " deserved the honour of restoring the republic, had the Romans of their days been capable of a rational freedom."

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  • A statue by Donatello and a picture by Antonio del Pollajuolo remained to commemorate a citizen who chiefly for his services to humanistic literature deserved the notice of posterity.

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  • The history of that ill-fated queen occupied much of his attention, and his last work, A Detection of the LoveLetters lately attributed in Hugh Campbell's work to Mary Queen of Scots, is an exposure of an attempt to represent as genuine some fictitious letters said to have passed between Mary and Bothwell, which had fallen into deserved oblivion.

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  • Abner was indignant at the deserved rebuke, and immediately opened negotiatons with David, who welcomed him on the condition that his wife Michal should be restored to him.

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  • No attempt was, indeed, made to restore the deposed duke of Brunswick, who by universal consent had richly deserved his fate; but the elector of Hesse could reckon on the sympathy of the diet in his struggle with the chambers (see HESSE-CASSEL), and when, in 1837,, King Ernest Augustus of Hanover inaugurated his reign by restoring the old illiberal constitution abolished in 1831, the diet refused to interfere.

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  • Nevertheless the critical and restraining tendency of Malherbe was not ill in place after the luxuriant importation and innovation of the Pleiade; and if he had confined himself to preaching greater technical perfection, and especially greater simplicity and purity in vocabulary and versification, instead of superciliously striking his pen through the great works of his predecessors, he would have deserved wholly well.

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  • Moreover, the very prosaic and artificial verse of Sturla and the last of the old school deserved the oblivion which came over them, as a casual perusal of the stanzas scattered through Islendinga will prove.

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  • That got the deserved response - That 's OK, as long as they 're old shepherds - and he quaffed again.

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  • Grantham rattled in 26 goals on their way to the final, clinching a deserved 1-0 victory against Bulwell Town.

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  • There 's a barbecue and a well deserved rest for cowboys and horses among the Canadian Redwoods.

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  • God 's great plan was the salvation of souls from the judgment their sin deserved.

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  • Uruguayan striker Silva fired them into a deserved lead after a high ball over the top left the visitors all at sea.

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  • Some crucial substitutions at half-time gave Spain the victory they needed and eventually deserved.

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  • Substitute Steve Brodie grabbed a deserved late consolation with a thumping diving header from a Steve Watkin cross.

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  • Needless to say, she got much deserved thundering applause for her performance.

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  • The win was fully deserved by Rangers, who dominated throughout and were unfortunate not to win by a bigger margin.

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  • Ireland were unfortunate not to come away with a victory, which they deserved.

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  • Tho City had luck on their side - Arsenal were twice denied by the woodwork - Pearce 's team deserved reward for their efforts.

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  • Street Cry 's yearling sales results paralleled the respect deserved of the Grade One icon.

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  • The people of the Northern United States were strong supporters of abolitionism, believing everyone deserved to be free.

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  • Discussions may include as why they feel the book won an award and whether they think the book deserved such an honor.

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  • But it's well deserved, as I quickly discovered when I put this new face powder to the test.

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  • It was her role as Samantha Jones in the television show Sex and the City that really brought her the attention she deserved.

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  • Rumors over the years have stated that her band at the time was very upset with her saying they also deserved public recognition for the album.

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  • He also said that he "...deserved anything bad that is coming my way."

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  • He also said he felt the public response toward Mrs. Irlweg was harsher than she deserved since she was only doing her job to defend the airline's policy.

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  • At the time Elliot Jaffe said, "We thought they deserved a store of their own.

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  • The Mature rating is well deserved, despite the cartoonish characters, since they engage in a lot of mature conversation and endeavors.

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  • Others just never got the marketing attention they deserved.

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  • Much like winning the Masters golf tournament, I decided that once a winner, it deserved a chance to defend its title, even though Parker hasn't bothered to rate it and the best score that Wine Spectator could muster was an 88.

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  • Many French wines have a deserved stellar reputation for excellence around the world.

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  • With that in mind, the individual enters into a contract with fellow human beings to treat them fairly and kindly and to respect authority when it is equally moral and deserved.

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  • I honestly thought that she deserved to know, I thought it was the right thing to tell her.

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  • Labor Day originated in 1882, when the members of the Central Labor Union in New York City decided the hard working citizens of America deserved a day off for recognizing their contribution to both the economic and social civilization.

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  • For a nominal fee, potty-trained children can have fun in the secure Harkins Play Center while Mom and Dad get some much deserved time alone to catch a romantic film or the latest action or horror flick.

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  • For that reason alone, many thought it deserved Best Picture; instead The English Patient won it.

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  • The Narrabeen Sandal is comfortable and will give your feet a much deserved rest.

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  • In Season four, Bailey earned a promotion to Chief Resident, an honor her character and actor richly deserved.

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  • Despite the popularity of the show, there are some fans who were disappointed to see Betty transform into another pretty face and thought she deserved better than her love interest, Armando, who came across at times as mean and insincere.

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  • When Cliff and Nina left Pine Valley, the couple were given a well deserved happily ever after.

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  • Rest assured that vendors talk, and if you operate in the autocratic mode, you'll gain a deserved reputation of being difficult to deal with.

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  • Ms. Jarvis drew her inspiration from ancient celebrations of motherhood in Greek and Roman cultures, as well as her own mother's firm belief that the contributions of all mothers deserved to be celebrated on a regular basis.

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  • His stunned co-finalist Kris Allen said, "Adam deserved this" when his name was announced.

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  • The judges maintained that Ryan deserved the win given her "powerful" and "mature" voice.

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  • Most of the women were actually marrying into wealth and viewers found that the women thought they deserved to marry into wealth.

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  • Colby decided to base his choice on who deserved to be sitting in the final two more, and chose Tina.

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  • Fortunately for her, her novel and its sequel Children of God found a significant cross-over audience, which it truly deserved.

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  • The set includes a full-size bottle of Nail Envy lacquer to strengthen your nails and a pair of comfy "after heels" slippers to give feet a well deserved break from the stilettos.

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  • If he was guilty, he probably deserved it, but is family didn't.

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  • He deserved an apology, and she intended to give him one - if she ever saw him again.

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  • He said she deserved the rest and he wanted her to keep in touch with her friends.

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  • I'm sure I made more of it than it deserved.

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  • He deserved to die for inconveniencing me.

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  • He claimed he deserved to be caught for being stupid.

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  • I knew this conversation deserved more thought on my part but it felt good taking some action, even if it might prove misguided.

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  • Much the case with Howie and Julie, I felt the personal lives of our group deserved their own space to address their own problems.

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  • Bianca was warm and sweet, the kind of woman who deserved better than he'd ever have to offer.

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  • He deserved it, after all the trouble he'd been, but these people didn't!

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  • But deep down, I knew I deserved it.

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  • I deserved what I got, at least in my parents' eyes.

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  • But if it was some guy who took advantage of a high school kid, maybe he got what he deserved.

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  • His connections in Denver would get Ouray the attention it deserved.

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  • After all, he'd abdicated all Bird Song's weekend chores in favor of his flesh-pressing tour, and Cynthia deserved a rest.

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  • If she turned him over to Darkyn, he deserved it.

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  • She deserved better than that.

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  • In any case, Lori deserved to have something – and probably would have if she had contested the will instead of running away.

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  • He needed and deserved her patience.

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  • She deserved it after last night, but still, why didn't he at least answer and tell her he was done with her?

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  • She deserved the brain tumor.

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  • She deserved to die.

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  • It was a much kinder death than he deserved.

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  • He grieved her choice but also believe she got what she deserved for betraying the souls they were all charged with protecting.

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  • She deserved whatever happened.

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  • She was a smartass worthy of any of his brothers, and yet, no human deserved this.

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  • He deserved it for kissing her and making her feel things she never, ever, ever imagined she'd feel for any man, let alone a monster like him.

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  • That's dandy, but it doesn't sound like he deserved Hell!

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  • He was sick of Hell, yet Kris's crime deserved punishment.

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  • She was pleased by the news, despite knowing none of his brothers remotely deserved to be saved.

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  • And, by Dean's interpretation, agreeing the old bitch got what she deserved.

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  • It's none of my business what—" "I guess I deserved that.

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  • She deserved more from her Guardian than to be slung over the couch for a quickie.

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  • The way he should've done, before she'd walked into the ocean and killed herself to protect him from a fate he deserved.

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  • He gritted his teeth to keep it contained, silently cursing both the angel and Kris for not just letting him die-dead, like he deserved.

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  • He'd never forgive himself for that, even if Rhyn's mate deserved little more respect than the half-demon himself.

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  • No, Kris, you deserved that for letting our brother get taken by demons.

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  • You are taking a much deserved vacation in Europe.

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  • Normally Dean wouldn't have considered for a minute betray­ing a confidence, but somehow he felt this young girl deserved to know.

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  • Dean felt a pang of guilt for not put­ting the day to better use but figured he deserved a little time off to reconnoiter.

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  • Now that his opportunity for a future with her was blown, she at least deserved the truth and he would find it.

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  • I really enjoyed your company and I shouldn't have—I didn't mourn my husband near as much as he deserved.

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  • It was whether or not she deserved Alex.

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  • As she had said, Destiny would have the love she deserved, and Lori would have the time to recover from grief before her decision became irreversible.

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  • Call me naïve, but I spent most of my life around bad people who deserved what came to them.

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  • But I took a life, even if it was deserved.

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  • Maybe I deserved a spanking for acting like a child.

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  • Still, he deserved a scalding.

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  • He said I deserved better than you and I'd be better off without you.

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  • Carmen's first instinct was not to say anything, but too much had been said already and Alex deserved some defense.

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  • He deserved it for being so sneaky.

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  • She deserved what was happening now.

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  • The king, however, could free land from these charges by charter, which was a frequent way of rewarding those who deserved well of the state.

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  • The liberators of Rome thereupon proceeded to plunder the city in a way which brought shame on their cause and disgrace (perhaps not wholly deserved) on the general left in command, Massna.

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  • Without hesitation he obeyed, exclaiming, "I have deserved it."

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  • Mantegna was, as he deserved to be, Squarcione's favourite pupil.

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  • As to the marquess, his use of lettres de cachet is perfectly defensible on the theory of lettres de cachet, and Mirabeau, if any son, surely deserved such correction.

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  • The hopes which have been from time to time entertained, that his suggestions for the improvement of its form and expression were about to receive the attention which they deserved, have hitherto been disappointed.

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  • It is much more likely than not that some principle which for the moment seems new, some distinction which we may flatter ourselves has not been observed before, has been pointed out over and over again by previous writers, although, owing to special circumstances, it may not have received the notice it deserved.

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  • Biliotti many fine painted vases of styles which were called later the third and fourth "Mycenaean"; but these, bought by John Ruskin, and presented to the British Museum, excited less attention than they deserved, being supposed to be of some local Asiatic fabric of uncertain date.

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  • Others Fraser appeared at irregular intervals until 1849, when the work, which seems never to have received the support it deserved, was discontinued.

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  • The aborigines, Sheng fan, or " wild savages," deserved the appellation in some respects, for they lived by the chase and had little knowledge even of husbandry; while the Chinese themselves, uneducated labourers, acknowledged no right except that of might.

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  • These achievements won him a reputation for high courage, which, until the close of 1688, was amply deserved.

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  • Yet she favoured the best advisers of the king, and at least in this deserved the gratitude of the realm.

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  • He who has clung too much to them has deserved no praise from the mouths of the prudent.

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  • Surely the reliques of this worthy prelate deserved a more reverend respect even among savage beasts.

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  • If we're punished, it means that we have deserved it, it's not for us to judge.

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  • You've deserved it, that's it, come on!

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  • Countess Bezukhova quite deserved her reputation of being a fascinating woman.

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  • Before leaving, Napoleon showed favor to the emperor, kings, and princes who had deserved it, reprimanded the kings and princes with whom he was dissatisfied, presented pearls and diamonds of his own--that is, which he had taken from other kings--to the Empress of Austria, and having, as his historian tells us, tenderly embraced the Empress Marie Louise--who regarded him as her husband, though he had left another wife in Paris--left her grieved by the parting which she seemed hardly able to bear.

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  • The old prince knew very well that he tormented his daughter and that her life was very hard, but he also knew that he could not help tormenting her and that she deserved it.

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  • What would have seemed difficult or even impossible to another woman did not cause the least embarrassment to Countess Bezukhova, who evidently deserved her reputation of being a very clever woman.

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  • Boyle reacted with grace and charm, wishing the dancers well and saying that they deserved to win.

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  • You deserved it... and much more.

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