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agonised delight indeed mamma squealed so
We rushed on to the final crisis with mutual cries of agonised delight; indeed, mamma squealed so loud that I afterwards thought she must have been heard.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

alcanza Doña Ines my soul seeks
And since then, flattered by con tan risueña esperanza, such a delightful hope, mi alma, doña Inés, no alcanza Doña Ines, my soul seeks no otro porvenir que vos. other future than you.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

a digression it may spare some
Will it be thought a digression (it may spare some unwelcome comparisons), if I endeavour to account for the dissatisfaction which I have heard so many persons confess to have felt (as I did myself feel in part on this occasion), at the sight of the sea for the first time?
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

and do it mighty smartly said
"We've got to get in before the poor brutes are roasted, and do it mighty smartly," said somebody.
— from The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss

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