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Meanings of selfish nature in English

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Usage of selfish nature in English
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Every night my wrestlings with my selfish nature grew weaker and weaker.
The Late Miss Hollingford
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Anger is a strong ingredient in the excessive grief of every selfish nature.
An Ambitious Man
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Fortunately, she did not understand the selfish nature of the interruption.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 / Devoted...
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The haughty spirit was soured by disappointment, the selfish nature embittered by defeat.
Run to Earth: A Novel
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But, with the infatuation of a selfish nature and imperious will, he muttered:
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
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A passion such as hers, in a selfish nature, must have killed her.
White Lies
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When I was a child I fought against my selfish nature.
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
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The blind, greedy, selfish nature of man must put on beauty and nobleness.
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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The undeserved popularity bestowed upon a narrow and selfish nature had been its ruin.
Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
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So it was with Edgar Caswall, despite his selfish nature and coldness of blood.
The Lair of the White Worm
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His first feelings had been unavoidably of a selfish nature.
Waverley Novels — Volume 12
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All my selfish nature cried out to accuse Ottilia.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 4
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Some keen accent of agony in the old man's voice touched even Guest's selfish nature.
Maruja
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He has undoubtedly found his selfish nature and his purse more convenient gauges of the world.
An Original Belle
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Yes, it was the old selfish nature.
Charlotte's Inheritance
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As we have seen, instead of softening his selfish nature, it rendered him more morose and censorious.
Hubert's Wife / A Story for You
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