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laboring evidently under considerable excitement
Herbert had purchased the tickets and was turning away, when to his surprise he saw Ebenezer Graham enter the depot, laboring evidently under considerable excitement.
— from Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

loudly excitedly under considerable emotion
He spoke loudly, excitedly, under considerable emotion.
— from These Twain by Arnold Bennett

levata ero una cum eo
Qua levata ero una cum eo, qui negotium gerit estque in spe magna.
— from Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero

laute excepti uti constat ex
Bardi enim ab abbatibus maxime fovebantur, et erant in festis solennibus ab iis laute excepti: uti constat ex operibus Gutto’r Glynn , Guttun Owain , Ieuan Deulwyn et Tudur Aled .
— from Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans

Lord Erskine Upon carefully examining
Their effects are thus summed up by Lord Erskine: Upon carefully examining and considering these poor laws of Bavaria.
— from Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report by Nassau William Senior

lower ends usually contain eggs
You will generally find it without much trouble, in a young swarm that is making combs; the lower ends usually contain eggs; take a piece from one of the middle sheets, two or three inches long, (you will probably use smoke by this time without telling).
— from Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. (Moses) Quinby

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