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Meanings of seem merely in English

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Usage of seem merely in English
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Apparently aimless alterations in form-arrangement will make art seem merely a game.
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
2
And then he confessed further, because he did not want to seem merely sentimentally hopeful.
The Soul of a Bishop
3
Any further movement, therefore, might seem merely a disturbance.
The Arena, Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891
4
How can I hide all this from her, and seem merely her quiet elder brother?
Nature's Serial Story
5
To us they seem merely to be quibbling over when or where a given cycle began.
Nova
6
To them they seem merely so much brass or copper or tarnished silver at the best.
The Celtic Twilight
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Plague and famine, with a great part of the common misfortunes of human life, seem merely evil.
No Refuge but in Truth
8
This may seem merely absurd or apocryphal; but consider the terrible power of concentration which it implies!
Hawthorne and His Circle
9
He had constantly experienced it for so long now, eight years, as to make it seem merely natural.
Keith of the Border: A Tale of the Plains
10
All books, all arts, all accomplishments, had ceased to seem merely the accessories and the handmaidens of love.
The Mayor of Warwick
11
He may be an ugly, ungracious, unamiable person, whose affections may seem merely ludicrous and despicable to you.
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring
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Do pupils seem merely to try to "learn the text" or really to comprehend the spirit?
A Guide to Methods and Observation in History / Studies in High ...
13
However, for the locals, who had seen it hundreds of times, it might seem merely a place for tea-drinking.
Don't Cry Tai Lake
14
It is, by the way, a little remarkable how many of the Western birds seem merely duplicates of the Eastern.
Wake-Robin
15
Bresler's cited cases of this class seem merely to impress the idea of revenge, or of protection from deserved punishment.
Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
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There are smiles and laughs, as you look about at the faces, but they seem merely individual-onehere, another there.
With Rimington
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