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served to express every varied emotion
Beauchamp looked at Albert with the smile which was so peculiar to him, and which in its numerous modifications served to express every varied emotion of his mind.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

speech the English expresse very elegantly
In vn báttere d'ócchi o , &c. all which Nounes or manner of speech the English expresse very elegantly with a gerond, as thus.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio


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