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I left them with opinions, in many respects, very favourable towards them.
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The speaker says that, after leaving, the people involved held generally favourable opinions of them. “In many respects” adds a small qualification: their view was positive overall, but not necessarily in every way.
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- Project Gutenberg, A Narrative of a Nine Months’ Residence in New Zealand in 1827
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