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Meanings of paternal affection in English

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Usage of paternal affection in English
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Still, the sacrifice of Isaac was a terrible shock to Abraham's paternal affection.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02: Jewish Heroes and Prophets
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Her father-in-law regarded her with paternal affection, not unmixed with pride.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 / A Magazin...
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Over the years he had come to regard her with an almost paternal affection.
The god project
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The old judge, blinded by paternal affection loved Joseph as his wife loved Emile.
The Collection of Antiquities
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A prudent husband must sacrifice paternal affection to domestic peace.
Emile
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It was, as I believe, a very deep paternal affection.
Charles Lamb: A Memoir
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He felt for her a paternal affection as though she were the wife of Julio.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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This fable proves that humanity does not happen to enjoy a monopoly of paternal affection.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
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My uncle viewed him with a strange, paternal affection.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
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How many sons are there who feel a devout paternal affection for an old mother?
Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
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There had been hardness in that, though it were the cry of a lacerated paternal affection.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 03
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He entertained no paternal affection either for his own son Drusus, or his adopted son Germanicus.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete
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Did not paternal affection cause him to relent?
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome / ...
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How does his paternal affection compare with Prospero's?
Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies
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However that may be, I shall always count on your paternal affection more than all the rest.
Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 / from Paris to Rome: Years o...
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Dick was asleep, and Bassett stood looking down at him with an odd sort of paternal affection.
The Breaking Point
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