Citations:abasement

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English citations of abasement

1851
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  • 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
    But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to write it; for it is a thing most sorrowful, nay shocking, to expose the fall of valour in the soul.
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