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1  Her friend was not in better spirits than herself.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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2  I might not like them the better for that perhaps.
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3  "Well, you will soon be better now," replied Anne, cheerfully.
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4  It will be a great deal better than leaving him only with Jemima.
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5  Though better endowed than the elder sister, Mary had not Anne's understanding nor temper.
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6  Could not be a better time, Sir Walter, for having a choice of tenants, very responsible tenants.
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7  As to the management of their children, his theory was much better than his wife's, and his practice not so bad.
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8  He continued at the window; and after calmly and politely saying, "I hope the little boy is better," was silent.
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9  But neither Charles Hayter's feelings, nor anybody's feelings, could interest her, till she had a little better arranged her own.
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10  Nothing can be going on better than the child," said he; "so I told my father, just now, that I would come, and he thought me quite right.
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11  We should all have liked her a great deal better; and papa and mamma always think it was her great friend Lady Russell's doing, that she did not.
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12  Mary sat down for a moment, but it would not do; she was sure Louisa had found a better seat somewhere else, and she would go on till she overtook her.
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13  She hoped, on turning her head, to see the master of the house; but it proved to be one much less calculated for making matters easy--Charles Hayter, probably not at all better pleased by the sight of Captain Wentworth than Captain Wentworth had been by the sight of Anne.
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14  She played a great deal better than either of the Miss Musgroves, but having no voice, no knowledge of the harp, and no fond parents, to sit by and fancy themselves delighted, her performance was little thought of, only out of civility, or to refresh the others, as she was well aware.
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15  He had, in fact, though his sisters were now doing all they could for him, by calling him "poor Richard," been nothing better than a thick-headed, unfeeling, unprofitable Dick Musgrove, who had never done anything to entitle himself to more than the abbreviation of his name, living or dead.
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16  Mrs Clay," said she, warmly, "never forgets who she is; and as I am rather better acquainted with her sentiments than you can be, I can assure you, that upon the subject of marriage they are particularly nice, and that she reprobates all inequality of condition and rank more strongly than most people.
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17  To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all; and Anne, glad to be thought of some use, glad to have anything marked out as a duty, and certainly not sorry to have the scene of it in the country, and her own dear country, readily agreed to stay.
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