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Although he did go more or less into Petersburg society, his love affairs had always hitherto been outside it.
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hitherto, I had only been a spectator of the proceedings at Lowood; I was now to become an actor therein.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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"Nay, sir, not yet; I do entreat. And I do dare, sir— to be forbearing! Shall we not understand each other better than hitherto, Captain Ahab?"
Ahab seized a loaded musket from the rack (forming part of most South-Sea-men's cabin furniture), and pointing it towards Starbuck, exclaimed: "There is one God that is Lord over the earth, and one Captain that is lord over the Pequod.— On deck!"
Herman Melville. Moby Dick
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and was understood to be required for the amateur performance of a hitherto unacted play.
Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None. p.187 (1939)
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And hitherto doth love on fortune tend,
For who not needs, shall never lack a friend
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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I had hitherto concealed the secret of my dress, in order to distinguish myself, as much as possible, from that cursed race of Yahoos; but now I found it in vain to do so any longer.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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That, which exists necessarily, is that, whose non-existence implies a contradiction. These principles, universally acknowledged, become erroneous, when applied to the existence of a God. Whatever has been hitherto said upon the subject, is either unintelligible, or perfect contradiction, and must therefore appear absurd to every rational man.
Baron D'Holbach. Good Sense (1772)
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"you puzzle me exceedingly. If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as to convince you of its being one."
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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His hitherto puckered brow became smooth as a sign of pleasure, and with a slight smile he began to examine his nails.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
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The excitement of these last manoeuvres had somewhat interfered with the watch I had kept hitherto, sharply enough, upon the coxswain.
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island
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