exclamation

• But what is that The sound which elicited this exclamation was a loud "Hollo!" —  The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California
• Why, Ned, what's happened The reason for this exclamation was the rising of the Tumongong, to tower above the double rank of sword and regalia bearers on either side. —  The Rajah of Dah
• "I've such a bad memory for names.--Well kicked, sir This exclamation was addressed, not to me, but to a senior who had just appeared on the scene, and was kicking about the practice football with a friend prior to a match which was evidently due It was a splendid kick, and the author of it was a splendid fellow-- brawny of limb and light of foot, with fair hair and clear blue eyes--as one might picture one of the Norsemen of the story-books. —  Tom, Dick and Harry
• It was previously concerted, that as the doctor should pronounce these words, the duke of Glocester should enter the church; and it was expected that the audience would cry out, "God save King Richard;" which would immediately have been laid hold of as a popular consent, and interpreted to be the voice of the nation; but by a ridiculous mistake, worthy of the whole scene, the duke did not appear till after this exclamation was already recited by the preacher. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III.
• Mon Dieu, quel tas de barbares The gesture of her hands in uttering the exclamation was altogether French, but she betrayed her oneness with the people she reviled by saying: "Quel tah de bah-bah I haven't come to see the château either, my lady You can call me madame," she interrupted, not without a kindlier inflection on the hint He began again. —  The Street Called Straight

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