unspecified meaning
- Miss Squeers knew as well in her heart of hearts that what the miserable serving-girl had said was sheer, coarse, lying flattery, as did the girl herself; yet the mere opportunity of venting a little ill-nature against the offending Miss Price, and affecting to compassionate her weaknesses and foibles, though only in the presence of a solitary dependant, was almost as great a relief to her spleen as if the whole had been gospel truth.
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as in: a gospel song Define
the religious teachings of Jesus
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one of the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that Christian's believe tell the story of Jesus Christ's life and teachings
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a type of vocal music that originated in African-American churches in the United States
as in: they consider it gospel
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a set of beliefs firmly held by a group
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an unquestionable truth
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