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Of course, it shows him and his family up—for just what they are; but it has been mortifying for poor Mellicent.

From Oh, Money! Money! by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

But this war has been mortifying, and even dangerous to the Americans in another point.

From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick