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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
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against too great indulgence in which...
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The other was about expressing his thanks when the gentleman in his pleasant way checked him: the gratitude was on the other side. To him, he said, charity was in one sense not an effort, but a luxury; against too great indulgence in which his steward, a humorist, had sometimes admonished him.
Can the last part be reformulated this way: "against too great indulgence, his steward, a humorist, has sometimes admonished him his indulgence."?
The other was about expressing his thanks when the gentleman in his pleasant way checked him: the gratitude was on the other side. To him, he said, charity was in one sense not an effort, but a luxury; against too great indulgence in which his steward, a humorist, had sometimes admonished him.
Can the last part be reformulated this way: "against too great indulgence, his steward, a humorist, has sometimes admonished him his indulgence."?
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Not really. The steward is admonishing him against the luxury of being charitable too much..
- Not really.
- The steward is admonishing him against the luxury of being charitable too much..
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Not really.
The steward is admonishing him against the luxury of being charitable too much..
The steward is admonishing him against the luxury of being charitable too much..
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Not really. It is the luxury of feeling charitable that is being warned against, not the indulgence in the luxury of being charitable.
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