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Madame smiled archly, and rather mockingly What are we to do?"— The Lost Girl
"I suppose"--archly--"I need not tell you to be in time?— Molly Bawn
--"Sir," replied the doctor, archly, "_no more can the rest of your countrymen MDCXXXIV.--DONE FOR TWO gentlemen were lately examining the breast of a plough on a stall in a market-place.— The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
"There is no telling," said she, archly, "Mademoiselle thinks you very amiable Is it possible!!"— Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre
"He belongs here with his troop, so he's sure to come, and then," she added, archly, "what will poor Willett do That was a question occurring to many another mind and falling from many another tongue.— Under Fire

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