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He had, as a matter of fact, nearly lost his neck in the Irish fiasco, either in Clonmel or Sligo, bolting violently from the English dragoons, in the mist, to a French man-of-war's boats in the bay.— Romance
Then--violently, suddenly--all this romance which had grown up around and after so much fighting, so many achievements, was broken off and destroyed.— As We Are and As We May Be
At his entrance she started violently, and her sallow face grew earthy.— The Marquis of Lossie
He understood that if his majority were not overwhelming he would be assailed again next year more violently, and must in the long run inevitably lose his power.— Elder Conklin and Other Stories
The calf sucks, thinking it has a teat, and pretty soon it butts violently--as calves do to remind their mothers to let down the milk--and the boy's wrist gets barked against the jagged edge of the bucket.— While the Billy Boils

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