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We have been believing that in this our native land, the road of merit is the road to success—say happiness.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

Yes, that's what I have been believing for some time past, but I didn't say anything about it to mother.

From Old Ebenezer by Read, Opie Percival

"That is what I believe," said he, "and I have been believing it."

From Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter by Stockton, Frank Richard

After I have been believing such things with all my heart and soul, two results always ensue: first, I can't write plainly to the eye; secondly, I can't write sensibly to the mind.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina

Evidently the mutineers have been believing us guilty of the disappearance of the second mate, just as we have been believing them guilty of the disappearance of the first mate. 

From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by London, Jack