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  • "Altogether," says Dr. Braddon, "the oil of Peppermint forms the best, safest, and most agreeable of known antiseptics."

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • "Altogether," She Yüeh said laughingly, "that girl Ch'iu Wen got a few clothes just once; can such a lucky coincidence present itself again today that you too should find them engaged in searching for clothes?"

    Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • "Altogether," he said vaguely, snapping dead twigs from the heavy unpruned growth of the rose vines,

    The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

  • "Altogether," said Richard, rising reluctantly at last, as the tall old clock on the landing near-by slowly boomed out the hour of midnight,

    The Twenty-Fourth of June 1912

  • "Altogether," says Greville, writing about a fortnight after the King's accession, "he seems a kind-hearted, well-meaning, not stupid, burlesque, bustling old fellow, and if he doesn't go mad may make a very decent king, but he exhibits oddities."

    A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1898

  • "Altogether," says the _Times_, "nothing can be more free from the furious hatreds, which are distinctive of civil warfare, than this bloodless conflict has been."

    Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Pleasant A. Stovall 1896

  • "Altogether," said Mary Talcott, "we have in the district one hundred and fifty-three cows."

    The Brown Mouse Herbert Quick 1893

  • "Altogether," she moaned, moving convulsively, like a sleeper struggling with the horrors of a nightmare.

    Married August Strindberg 1880

  • Altogether, that is a very thin and un-satisfying “refutation” of Media Matters’ detailed critique.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Two Cheers for Newhounds 2007

  • "Altogether," the report said, "this raises concerns abou the possible existence in Iran of past or current undisclosed activiies related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile."

    NYT > Global Home By DAVID E. SANGER 2010

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