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manifest destiny
Definition
obvious; or to make obvious; or to show or demonstrate
- At breakfast, and while they were packing the few remaining articles, he showed his weariness from the night's effort so unmistakeably that Tess was on the point of revealing all that had happened; but the reflection that it would anger him, grieve him, stultify him, to know that he had instinctively manifested a fondness for her of which his common-sense did not approve, that his inclination had compromised his dignity when reason slept, again deterred her.5 — The Woman Pays (31% in)
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- I wonder that I did not see the resemblance of your name to d'Urberville, and trace the manifest corruption.4 — The Consequence (49% in)
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