Example Sentences

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I endeavor to persuade myself, that I am obliging my mother, by giving her an opportunity of shewing her generosity, and of making me happy: I have been in spirits ever since she mentioned it.

From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances

I am obliging Miss PRENDERGAST, and her only.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 3, 1891 by Various

I am obliging Miss Prendergast, and her only.

From The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes by Anstey, F.