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  • Our _yamtschik_ had donned his regulation coat over his red shirt, and sat unblenchingly through the heat.

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

  • I leaned on my crutches, however, and looked at her unblenchingly.

    Aylwin Theodore Watts-Dunton 1873

  • The only gods who never bend beneath the yoke of years; but unblenchingly behold the nations wither as uncounted leaves, and the lands and the seas change their places, and the cities and the empires pass away as a tale that is told; and the deities that are worshipped in the temples alter in name and attributes and cultus, at the wanton will of the age which begot them.

    Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

  • Bébée said nothing, but went on her road; since there was no other way but to walk, she would take that way; the distance and the hardship did not appall two little feet that were used to traverse so many miles of sun-baked summer dust and of frozen winter mud unblenchingly year after year.

    Bebee 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

  • "Upon his conduct, sir," replied Lulu, returning the man's stare unblenchingly, while her cheeks reddened and her eyes flashed with anger;

    The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket Martha Finley 1868

  • Then his own proud, passionate spirit flamed up, and looking her unblenchingly in the face, he replied:

    What Can She Do? Edward Payson Roe 1863

  • The snow no longer skulked timorously behind the peaks of distant mountains, showing itself only on their northern declivities, but stood out boldly, unblenchingly on all sides, and seemed within a musket-shot of our path.

    Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Horace Greeley 1841

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