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Yes; don't you think, Ann," said Emily, "she has stinted herself to make five yards of netting to-day.

From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various

Seeing that I did this with ease, he remarked: "Nature, although she has stinted you in the faculties of the soul, has compensated, in some measure, by granting to you a degree of bodily strength."

From Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. by Gierlow, John

Nature has not been as bountiful to Marcia in the matter of charms as to the others; she has stinted here and there, and it shows clearly as she grows older.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie