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I am," Vane confessed, and then proceeded to explain with rather unnecessary ingenuousness: "I'm still more vexed with the state of things that it's typical of—I suppose I mean the restrictedness of this civilized life.

From Vane of the Timberlands by Bindloss, Harold

And in this very restrictedness he, doubtless, soon found comfort and ease of heart.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

I’m still more vexed with the state of things its typical of—I suppose I mean the restrictedness of this civilised life.

From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold