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Opportunely some travellers came by and hearing the boy's shouts let him out of the bag.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas
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Opportunely giving added effect to Granville's letter there now arrived confused accounts from America of the battles about Washington and of a check to the Southern advance.
Great Britain and the American Civil War Ephraim Douglass Adams
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Opportunely, however, for the plan of the conspirators, who were almost in despair, an all-powerful ally was enlisted on their side.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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Opportunely, Renard appeared on the scene; his announcement that we proposed still to continue taking our repasts with the mere, was as oil on the sea of trouble.
In and out of Three Normady Inns Anna Bowman Dodd
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Opportunely I call to mind a proverb of our Spanish friends yonder, "The sailor who would caulk his boat must not turn up his nose at pitch;" and as, figuratively speaking, I want to caulk mine, I make a virtue of necessity, and the obnoxious liquid vanishes.
In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith
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Opportunely enough, a small theatre on the boulevard happened to be for sale, as a result of the failure of its manager.
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Opportunely the admiral came in at the expiration of time and terminated our miseries by ordering us to proceed.
In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith
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Opportunely, the Augustinians were seeking to found a house in the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Opportunely he had bethought him of that Spanish student, and it was upon his speech that to-night he modelled his own.
Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini 1912
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And Priam answered, βIt is indeed as you say, my dear son; nevertheless some god has held his hand over me, in that he has sent such a wayfarer as yourself to meet me so Opportunely; you are so comely in mien and figure, and your judgement is so excellent that you must come of blessed parents.β
The Iliad of Homer 1898
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