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Meanings of very shame in English

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Usage of very shame in English
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Gussie looked up in astonishment, then dropped her eyes for very shame.
Miss Dexie / A Romance of the Provinces
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But I have stuck to it-partlyfor very shame, as you know.
The Crown of Life
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At last, for very shame, he had to stop and turn round.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
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Nannie bemoaned her darling's taste, and the nursery-maid blushed for very shame.
The Professional Aunt
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Who is there, who would not cover his face for very shame?
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader / B...
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Heed kinder then, and blush for very shame, O man and woman!
Heart: A Social Novel
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My blood boiled with rage; I wept the whole day for very shame.
Original Short Stories — Volume 01
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We retired then for very shame and met Mrs. Greyskin in the doorway.
The Diary of a Goose Girl
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And the servants cowered in very shame, but none came forth.
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
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For very shame she had got to forget that; no one should see.
The Freelands
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Why, it is the very shame which wrings those poems out of him.
Literary and General Lectures and Essays
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The Governor cannot for very shame refuse me letters of credence.
The Surgeon's Daughter
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Her whisper was broken by rising tears, which she checked in very shame.
The Mormon Prophet
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The poor creature would rather not be set free for very shame sake.
Halil the Pedlar: A Tale of Old Stambul
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I blushed for very shame, for I ought to have thought of that.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
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I got a stake, and awaited my fate from very shame.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match
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