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And now Hogarth rebelled against Heaven: self-forgetfully he did his best, and it returned and struck him dead: for what good, he thought, would his life do him, she always in Asia, he in Europe?

From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

Sidney responded to her wish, and again she smiled, self-forgetfully, contentedly.

From The Nether World by Gissing, George