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In moments of great excitement nervous
"In moments of great excitement nervous persons like your sister are capable of almost anything.
— from Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley

in moments of great excitement nor
Men of the temperament of John Thorpe are not blessed with a stoical mind in moments of great excitement, nor are they apt to pause and tranquilly reason out the pros and cons of this most prolific source of human tragedies.
— from An Oregon Girl: A Tale of American Life in the New West by Alfred Ernest Rice


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