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being equal or essentially equal
- God did not give me my life to throw away; and to do as you wish me would, I begin to think, be almost equivalent to committing suicide.Chapter 35 (36% in)
- "I'll not stand you an inch in the stead of a seraglio," I said; "so don't consider me an equivalent for one.Chapter 24 (72% in)
- Oh, Jane, what did I feel when I discovered you had fled from Thornfield, and when I could nowhere find you; and, after examining your apartment, ascertained that you had taken no money, nor anything which could serve as an equivalent!Chapter 37 (57% in)
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