Citations:contains

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English citations of contains

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  • 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
    This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect: It seems a novelty, and yet contains Nothing but sound and honest gospel strains.
  • 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
    "This is from Caroline Bingley; what it contains has surprised me a good deal. The whole party have left Netherfield by this time, and are on their way to town — and without any intention of coming back again. You shall hear what she says."
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