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She was eager to attend the brand-new college for women, Smith College in Massachusetts ; but her father required Addams to attend nearby Rockford Female Seminary ( now Rockford College ), in Rockford, Illinois.
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She was an obedient wife and was adored by Napoleon, who had been eager to marry a member of one of Europe's leading royal houses to cement his relatively young Empire.
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She is eager to begin negotiations but he quotes one of the Rules of Acquisition: " Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach.
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She summons him, hoping he will abandon his ambition in return for his life ( which she is eager to grant ).
She struggled just enough to make her admirer more eager, so that if I had not been there, he would have been in danger of carrying his joke a little too far " ( p. 642, Heath ) This is just one of the many examples in which Byrd clearly distinguishes himself as the moral superior of his companions.
She sweetly told eager fans who were pressing her for an autograph as she left a restaurant, " Get away, dears.
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