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  • "Dreadfully," replied Norman, trying to be sober, but with the glad ring in his voice still.

    Mae Madden Mary Murdoch Mason

  • "Dreadfully," replied Mrs. Goddard, half angry and half amused at his impatience and subsequent contrition.

    A Tale of a Lonely Parish 1881

  • Dreadfully sorry – but this policy was entrenched in their constitution, pinned down in the law books, inviolate and unchangeable.

    2009 July « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • Dreadfully sorry – but this policy was entrenched in their constitution, pinned down in the law books, inviolate and unchangeable.

    The Stainless Steel Rat Returns – Chapter 2 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • Dreadfully disturbed by this horrible incident, she entreated Mrs

    Cecilia 2008

  • Dreadfully for the Republicans, it will highlight, not question, the image (accurate or otherwise) that they are the poor relations of Democrats when it comes to promoting women to senior positions; Palin's selection begs the question, is she all they have?

    Dakis Hagen: Forget Palin: The GOP Won't Repeat the Magic of Denver 2008

  • Dreadfully hungover, he managed 9 assists on 4 of 13 shooting against Marquette.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

  • Dreadfully hungover, he managed 9 assists on 4 of 13 shooting against Marquette.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

  • Dreadfully hungover, he managed 9 assists on 4 of 13 shooting against Marquette.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

  • I don't really know, except that Angel is a good example of dark contemporary fantasy that lives in that grey zone between Dreadfully Epic and Excruciatingly Personal -- and that's what I'm trying to write.

    survival tip #135631: Angel vids hth_the_first 2007

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