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his usual loud laugh on seeing
Turpin, who, as it may be supposed, had not been an incurious observer of the scene passing, burst into his usual loud laugh on seeing Luke bear away his lovely burden.
— from Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth

his upper lip lifted over set
He recovered; every vestige of color had left his face, except for the spot where I had landed; his hat had sprung aside from the shock—his gray eyes, contrasted with his black hair, fastened upon my eyes almost deliberately and his upper lip lifted over set white teeth.
— from Desert Dust by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin


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