reflexion
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And then it hits me, in a moment of selfless reflexion that atypical in a narcissistic profession such as writing: The single best moment of the weekend was seeing Victoria enjoy herself.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2017
Yet, upon more mature reflexion, she enquired by what right she expected kinder treatment.
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
We go further and ask if it is admissible to think that their example, dealing the last blow at the imputations of the past, may give some Europeans food for fresh reflexion?
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne
After a moment's reflexion, he spoke, not angrily but seriously.
From A Russian Gentleman by Aksakov, S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich)
Is it not possible that the simpler instincts of men,—instincts with a history as ludicrous as Anthropologists sometimes sketch for us,—may after all come nearer the truth of things than semi-Stoic reflexion?
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
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