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Meanings of awful responsibility in English

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Usage of awful responsibility in English
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I should think you would feel an awful responsibility in selecting a Countess.
Democracy, an American novel
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On the contrary, it is very beautiful; but it's an awful responsibility, too.
The Far Horizon
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The awful responsibility of those written words, which we bandy about so thoughtlessly!
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
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Upon the hands of the Republican party an awful responsibility was placed last Tuesday.
War of the Classes
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It is an awful responsibility, commensurate with the rewards offered to integrity and fidelity.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence / The Best Speeches Delivered by...
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We have met together under the most awful responsibility which could fall upon subjects.
Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune / A Tale o...
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Washington accepted the duty, well aware of its gravity, its danger, its awful responsibility.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
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How can I reconcile it to my conscience to assume such an awful responsibility?
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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I think, perhaps, this awful responsibility had much to do with breaking the guide down.
At the Point of the Sword
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What an awful responsibility hanging over a writer! And so on, Thackeray saying all this!
Charles Dickens as a Reader
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The awful responsibility of leadership rests upon us.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
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What an awful responsibility for the happiness of families rests upon successful authors-andupon publishers too!
Philip Gilbert Hamerton / An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Mem...
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I desired to gratify him, but the awful responsibility of the after-effects loomed up and deterred me.
My Brilliant Career
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It's an awful responsibility-butlots of fun!
The Man Thou Gavest
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Married people, you see, Mrs. Percivale, have an awful responsibility in regard of the future of the world.
The Vicar's Daughter
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Surely, an awful responsibility rests upon a Church whose history is so full of the mercy of God.
Five Sermons
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