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Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…].

make a slight examination

Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.

in the slight future

a slight but graceful woman

A slight stone

The sea was slight and calm

But no beast ever was so slight,For man, as for his god, to fight;They have more wit, alas! and knowThemselves and us better than so.

we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles

This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]