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1 These doddering fools should serve him, thinking the while that they served themselves.
2 Cambyses, meanwhile, continued the drinking bout, thinking the while of punishment for the false woman.
3 Bernardine pressed it in kindly sympathy, thinking the while of the girl's past happiness and present bereavement.
4 Hagar went over to the mantel and adjusted the mirror, thinking the while of Mrs. Detlor's last words.
5 Then he flew for water and a sponge, thinking the while of her curious Christian name "Elsmaria."
6 Kurt stared at them, thinking the while that if he had needed any proof of the crookedness of the I.W.W.
7 And the wallflower woos the youth unwittingly, thinking the while she is only using her influence the better to instruct him.
8 She awakened them and loosened them, thinking the while that it must have been Stewart who had chained them near her.
9 She made haste to wash and dress, thinking the while that their father's marriage had brought a most delightful change to herself, brother and sister.
10 "Nell, Nell, wake up," said Jim, thinking the while how he would love to kiss those white eyelids.
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