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1 Her refusal, though unexpected, did not permanently daunt Clare.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 4 The Consequence: XXVIII
2 "She must have seen what he was after, and should ha refused him," cried Retty spasmodically.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 4 The Consequence: XXIX
3 Just now heaps of dead weeds and refuse were burning on many of the plots, the dry weather favouring their combustion.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: L
4 What had given her strength to refuse him this time was solely the tale of the widow told by the dairyman; and that would have been overcome in another moment.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 4 The Consequence: XXIX
5 At almost any other moment of her life she would have refused such proffered aid and company, as she had refused them several times before; and now the loneliness would not of itself have forced her to do otherwise.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: X
6 But certain cows will show a fondness for a particular pair of hands, sometimes carrying this predilection so far as to refuse to stand at all except to their favourite, the pail of a stranger being unceremoniously kicked over.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 3 The Rally: XIX
7 Hearing of the baby's illness, he had conscientiously gone to the house after nightfall to perform the rite, and, unaware that the refusal to admit him had come from Tess's father and not from Tess, he could not allow the plea of necessity for its irregular administration.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 2 Maiden No More: XIV