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He was a tempestuously organized creature, of a martial front and a baby heart, most fortunate in his breadth of shoulder, his height, and the readiness of the choleric blood to come into his cheeks, the eagerness of his husky voice to bluster These outward tokens of an untrammeled spirit helped him to hold his own among his kind, though his oldest friend, Miss Letty, prized him for different reasons.— Country Neighbors
"It is intolerable," she added tempestuously--for Mrs Fyne that is.— Chance A Tale in Two Parts
"The new Administration begins tempestuously," Walpole wrote on June 20, 1762.— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)
"Anne Batcheller," she cried, tempestuously, "you are too good to live," and she went out of the room like a whirlwind She went straight to the Judge and Mrs. Batcheller, who were chatting together in the dimness and quiet of the great parlor I sha'n't have anything to do with the lawn party, grandfather," she blazed, after she had told her story, "if that teacher is to be invited But the Judge's eyes were dreamy.— Judy
You showed me the way--I have tried to follow it Oh, how ignorant I was," she cried, tempestuously, "when I talked to you of life.— Contrary Mary
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