instant,

As she faced them, shy as a frightened fawn, poised upon one foot as if to fly the next instant,

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Whatever you talk of at home will fly forth in an instant,

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I had lived a blessed time; for, from this instant,

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I was a little behind him, and was as completely deceived by it as he; but, as we had agreed to allow each other to behold the lake at the same instant,

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They must come now, Mrs Ramsay thought, looking at the door, and at that instant,

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He never got to finish his thought because, at that instant,

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And beyond those years or decades ... for an instant,

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The bird obeyed and flew with it like lightning to Vannes; but, almost at the same instant,

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"The motive," said Holden, taking her hand, and holding it an instant,

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Took his hand in her own, and mutely implored him an instant,

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various