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  • 'Unhappily, that is one of the symptoms of his disease, and the most difficult to overcome.

    The Golden Calf 1875

  • 'Unhappily' there appeared not as a parenthesis but as an inseparable part of the relative clause, which was therefore defining or non-defining, according as 'unhappily' could or could not be considered as adding to the limitation.

    Case of the relative. 1908

  • "Unhappily," she sighed, "I must leave on the early train to-morrow, to join the Rolands in New York."

    The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

  • "Unhappily," commented Burton, "I am not one of those independents who can say ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute."

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

  • "Unhappily," said I, "it's the only thing that a messenger can well carry."

    Rupert of Hentzau Anthony Hope 1898

  • "Unhappily," commented Burton, "I am not one of those independents who can say ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute."

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897

  • "Unhappily," said the weeping girl, "I can do nothing more than advise."

    The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830

  • "Unhappily," said the weeping girl, "I can do nothing more than advise."

    The Wandering Jew — Volume 02 Eug��ne Sue 1830

  • "Unhappily," says the latest, learned historian of Charles VIII.

    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 1830

  • "Unhappily," replied Dr. Wilkinson, "I cannot take a mere assurance in the present instance.

    Louis' School Days A Story for Boys

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