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were exceedingly diverted everybody laughed
He drew the attention of the Empress; a ring was formed; he was quite happy; fluttered his plumage; made fine speeches in Russ, French and tolerable English; the ladies were exceedingly diverted; everybody laughed except Prince Henri, who stood beside the Empress, and was so grave and so solemn, that he would have performed his part most admirably in the shape of an owl.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Thomas Carlyle

word every deed every look
"Oh, what a prevarication, Fabian Rockharrt, when every word, every deed, every look you bestowed on me went to assure me that you loved me and wished to marry me!"
— from For Woman's Love by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

with eyes devouring every line
“No, no; never,” she said, with eyes devouring every line of his face.
— from The House of Armour by Marshall Saunders

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