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letter of introduction she explained looking
"It is a letter of introduction," she explained, looking over her glasses at Forrester.
— from The Secret Toll by Paul Thorne

least of it she exclaimed laughing
'Discourteous, to say the least of it,' she exclaimed, laughing at Vernon's disconcerted look.
— from The Golden Calf by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

L Offertorio il Sanctus e l
The singer, Mariottini, of Dresden, made a copy of the Requiem, Kyrie, and Dies iræ, and appended the following observation: "L' Offertorio, il Sanctus e l' Agnus Dei non gl' ho transcritti, perche non mi anno parso essere del valore del precedente, ne credo ingannarmi nel crederli opera di un' altra penna" (Càcilia, VI., pp. 303, 310).
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Otto Jahn

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