Her influence on the family circle, therefore, was not cheerful.
It was one of those times of self-searching and reflection that occasionally come unbidden in every family circle.
On this important occasion, the gentlemen of the office spent some hours after dinner with the family circle, and coffee and cigars were served.
Upon occasion a deal of fun is poked at the victim, and this holds true even in the family circle.
We were born into the family circle, and our parents first taught us to obey.
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family circle
The function of these small sums is clearly not to provide mainstay support, but rather to affirm membership in afamilycircleand its continuity.
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All the children were comfortable interacting with children and adults outside their immediatefamilycircle, and spending time away from their parents.
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Indeed, in his highly religiousfamilycircle, purity was conflated with religious faith and rendered materials suspect for multiple reasons.
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In particular, we address the issue of why certain children were raised in thefamilycirclewhile others had to enter an orphanage.
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Handed down to a child or to a person chosen from outside thefamilycirclebut accepted.
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This suggests at the same time that it might have evolved outside of thefamilycirclewhen close, yet unrelated, individuals were treated as if they were relatives.
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That seems to me just as heinous a case as the woman in thefamilycirclethat we are discussing this afternoon.
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One absent mind may mean an absent member of afamilycircle.
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It most explicitly includes a responsibility within thefamilycircle.
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That is regarded as unlikely if the selection is inside thefamilycircle, but as likely if it is outside thefamilycircle.
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There may however be a good deal of feeling about family life and about children being kept close to the parents in thefamilycircle.
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As a result morale will be lowered in thefamilycircleand resentment spread, with impairment to the war effort.
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We are invited to modify the boundaries of thefamilycirclein principle.
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I certainly join those who have sympathised with his wife andfamilycircle.
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This overlooks the fact that in many cases at 18 young people are entirely removed from theirfamilycircle.
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