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Meanings of great folly in English

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Usage of great folly in English
1
I think I was on the point of committing a great folly.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
2
But, believe me, we should commit a great folly, perhaps a wrong.
A Romance of Youth — Volume 3
3
This flight was great folly, but will you not be merciful?
A clash of kings
4
Our great folly hitherto has been to underrate the power of the enemy.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 / Devote...
5
Because I intend to save my boy from a great folly.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
6
That has been my great folly, the folly I'm punished for.
A Spirit in Prison
7
I would say, Great works and great folly may be indistinguishable at the outset.
The new yorker
8
The great escape, he sadly concludes, was a great folly.
The Guardian
9
I am vexed that the Pope has been arrested; it is a great folly.
World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
10
It is great folly, perhaps, but it is the truth.
His Excellency the Minister
11
To avoid this great folly, the youthful should establish a fixed purpose for life.
Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness / Being...
12
You have in this particular always exhibited great folly.
The Northern Light
13
It was a case, in middle life, of sin, discovery, and great folly in addition.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 / Sexual Inversion
14
The emperor has been guilty of great folly to-day.
Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel
15
With the sunrise, Robert began to think he had been guilty of a great folly.
Robert Falconer
16
Such have exceeding deep ignorance, exceeding ill manners, exceeding bad taste, and exceeding great folly.
The Golden Censer / Or, the duties of to-day, the hopes of the f...
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