flourish

• Mouton shall be summoned to my aid: he shall flourish, and my pen shall flourish in praise of his endless perfections. —  Olla Podrida
• With a flourish, the driver drew up to the curb with the boys tooting loudly on their tin horns, but this salute came to a sudden end when the lads caught sight of their former schoolmates Look who's here, will you!" —  The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box
• Leave out ever so little of the flourish, and the 'C. —  The Slave of Silence
• Good-mornin', mother; good-mornin', mum Snac took his way with a flourish, and his mother looked after the tight-clad legs, the broad shoulders, the tall collar, and the rakish hat with mournful admiration Do you think," asked the little old maid, coughing behind her hand, and looking out of window as she spoke, as if the theme had but little interest for her, "that Mr. Ezra Gold is really unwell Yes, my dear," said Mrs. Sennacherib; "he's got enough to last his time, unless it should please the Lord to send him a new and suddener affliction. —  Aunt Rachel
• "Theer's been no such fine ripenin' weather for the wheat sence I wur a lad Snac gave the riding-whip he carried a burlesque threatening flourish, and the old boy grinned humorously Sin Joseph Beaker this mornin', Mr. —  Aunt Rachel

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