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The Americans stopped rowing for a moment to give three great cheers, and soon cannon shot were flying fast and furious after the retreating little vessel.— Stories of New Jersey
(Terrific cheers, and a fight down at the end of the table.)— The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
Everybody cheers, and when they have done cheering they stamp, and when they have done stamping they clap.— The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
To the responsive cheers, and the cry for names, he answered by naming Stevens, Sumner and Phillips.— The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
They astonished him by giving three rousing cheers, and the captain was again on the top of the wave of popularity.— Down the Rhine Young America in Germany

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