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Meanings of sought rather in English

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Usage of sought rather in English
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Holding this idea firmly, the Britons sought rather than avoided death.
Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion
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But she sought rather to conceal her guilt than ask forgiveness.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
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He sought rather to analyze his feelings than distinguish himself by courage and devotion.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
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He was the more original, because he sought rather after the True than the New.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 05
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A milkman, on the other hand, sought rather to encourage Smith, shouting as he passed-
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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He sought rather to be lively than sentimental; and beneath the wit to conceal the suitor.
Paul Clifford — Volume 03
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Probably the early stages of our life are to be sought rather in the regions of unconsciousness.
The Nature of Goodness
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He sought rather than avoided a fight.
Fifty Years of Public Service / Personal Recollections of Shelby...
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As years and trials deepened her nature, she sought rather to make happy than merely to please.
The Friendships of Women
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He sought rather to calm and cheer her, and his sisters helped him truly in the same work.
The Home; Or, Life in Sweden
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Past this range he did not think one should shoot, but sought rather to approach his game more closely.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
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But you see, Daphne, marriage is-- "hesought rather painfully for his words, "it's a big thing.
Marriage à la mode
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The cause of the coolness which came to exist between them must be sought rather in fundamental contrasts of character.
The Founder of New France : A Chronicle of Champlain
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After Titian and Raphael and Holbein and most of their contemporaries sought rather to please and flatter than to analyse.
The Age of the Reformation
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The conviction was in his mind that the husband of this woman sought rather to punish than be rid of her.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2
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She did not run; but, after the manner of her kind when not aroused, sought rather to avoid than to escape.
Tarzan of the Apes
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