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• The newspapers had previously published articles showing the unusual capacity and performance of the battery, and public interest had thus been greatly awakened. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• God was the loving father of all life, as incapable of showing favour as the universal sun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Those who are showing the world what female manners _should_ be, said Mr. Bertram gallantly, are doing a great deal to set them right. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But there's one comfort, on your own showing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• They supplied me as fast as they could, showing a thousand marks of wonder and astonishment at my bulk and appetite. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Nay, said the Knight, an he have the gift of showing my road, I shall not grumble with him that he desires to make it pleasant. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She could never deliver me; I imagined that she always brought me back after showing me such things. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She should have change, fresh air, gaiety; the most delightful remedies in the pharmacopoeia, Mr. Clump said, grinning and showing his handsome teeth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It will prove her guilty, by showing that it is her habit to nourish enmity. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Thar she was, showing em, as innocent--ye see, it's jest here, Jinny _don't know_. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• If the magnet is allowed to remain at rest within the coil, the needle returns to its zero position, showing that the current has ceased. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She is a nice plump young lass, and it is customary with me to adopt that manner of showing that I personally approve of a girl. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She came indoors with her face flushed, and her eyes still showing traces of her recent excitement. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The Grants showing a disposition to be friendly and sociable, gave great satisfaction in the main among their new acquaintance. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I mean,' said Fagin, showing that he felt all disguise was now useless, 'not too violent for safety. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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