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- After ascertaining that he was a poor beggar- boy from the other side of the Alps, and that he supported his sick mother, his only relative, by his playing, the great violinist appeared touched. - "Great Violinists And Pianists", George T. Ferris.
- I therefore never paid her a visit without previously ascertaining from Henry if there was any chance of meeting with this old woman, which I dreaded beyond expression; and while I was with her I could not command a restless nervousness which she evidently attributed to another cause. - "Ellen Middleton--A Tale", Georgiana Fullerton.
- Never undertake this responsibility without in the first place asking yourself whether the persons are likely to be agreeable to each other; nor, in the second place, without ascertaining whether it will be acceptable to both parties to become acquainted. - "Routledge's Manual of Etiquette", George Routledge.