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In good part

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as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner; as, to take an act in good part.

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They had each cut a great hazel stick for a riding-whip, and laid it on a little too hard; but I took it in good part, till at last I thought we had had enough, so I stopped two or three times by way of a hint.
I take the imputation in good part, as a compliment to the just delineation of my female characters; and though I am bound to attribute much of the severity of my censors to this suspicion, I make no effort to refute it, because, in my own mind, I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.
But Aunt Olivia and Uncle Robert took it in good part and waved their hands back to us with peals of laughter.
 
 
 
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