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No wonder he looked as if she had been injuring him; yet, unjust as it was, she had only her own mal-adroitness to blame.

From The Two Guardians or, Home in This World by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

He had to assume to this gentleman whom he had been injuring a cordial friendly manner,—and thus to lie to him.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony