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It's odd that little Miss Joy should choose for her friend that untaking niece of Joe Skinner's.

From Little Miss Joy by Marshall, Emma

That little Miss Joy should choose this untaking girl as her friend was the cause of much discontent and surprise in Miss Bayliff's little "seminary for young ladies."

From Little Miss Joy by Marshall, Emma

He loves it in rather an untaking way.�

From Howards End by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

He loves it in rather an untaking way.

From Howards End by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

Neither yet need we here to be moved with Dr Burges's766 adventurous untaking to prove that, in the most ancient times, before corruption of the sacrament began, the sacrament was received with an adoring gesture.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George