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In his own house, he would have rung for the servants and left them to repair damages; but at an hotel, an eclat was to be avoided, if possible Emily, my dear, go to your mother--you know how to help her No, I do not, papa," said the child, crying; "but Norah used to open her hands Rainscourt's eyes were naturally directed to the fingers of his wife, in which he perceived a collection of notes and letters.— The King's Own
It went off with considerable eclat, although there were some blunders and mistakes, as might have been expected.— The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning
The desire of inspiring them with more, seems the only way to account for the eclat which he chooses to give to his conversion.— Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

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