#genial

But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect. ↗

— James Payn

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#effect #genial #hand #means #occasional

Before Van realized it, he was walking her back toward her stairs. He didn't stop kissing her, he wouldn't. The last thing he wanted was for her to change her mind. He managed to get her to the upstairs hallway before she pulled her mouth away. "What are you doing?" she panted out. "Taking you to your bed." "Forget it." And Van, if he were a crying man, would be sobbing. Until uptight Irene Conridge added, "The wall. Use the Wall. ↗

— Shelly Laurenston

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#shelly-laurenston #change

Aware that his disappointment has its source in a defective education, he looks with anxiety on his other daughters, whose minds, like lovely buds, are beginning to open. Where shall he find a genial soil in which he may place them to expand? ↗

— Emma Willard

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#aware #beginning #buds #daughters #defective