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And Kester looked ever so
'And Kester looked ever so much brighter.
— from Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey

and knock long enough somebody
But there is a rusty old knocker, too—very loose, so that it slides round when you touch it—and if you learn the trick of it, and knock long enough, somebody comes.
— from Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens

and Katharine laughed ever so
Gwendolen nodded, and Katharine laughed ever so gently.
— from Katharine Frensham: A Novel by Beatrice Harraden

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