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nervous and glandular activities upon relative
But in addition to differences visible—whether to the naked eye, or only under the microscope, there must be other differences of quality depending upon constitutional vigor, upon nervous and glandular activities, upon relative chemical composition of tissue.
— from Exotics and Retrospectives by Lafcadio Hearn

noisily and gleefully around Uncle Renshaw
Then Marian appeared—her sweet face lighting up with a glow of glad welcome for which many a man might have given his right hand—and then the children, who had been amusing themselves diversely after the manner of their kind, anywhere outside and around the house, came crowding noisily and gleefully around “Uncle Renshaw,” as they had always been in the habit of calling him.
— from Renshaw Fanning's Quest: A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford


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