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Word: speaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...never saw such a change as came over her face. First she seemed too much surprised to speak; then she knit her forehead and clinched her little hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LA FEMME SAVANTE. | 10/12/1877 | See Source »

...understand at first; she looked at her feet : her boots were who shall say how high, and no tell-tale color showed. Then she looked up at me, "But -" And then it flashed over her. Her color, deep already, rose to her forehead. She did not speak, but rose and sailed out of the room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LA FEMME SAVANTE. | 10/12/1877 | See Source »

...those in Holyoke are plastered. Grant, however, that the new iron staircase is desirable, which we do not attempt to deny, if the College can afford to make a useful improvement in one building, then, a fortiori, it can afford to make indispensable improvements in others. We know we speak to deaf ears, but it is better to be a Cassandra than no prophet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/12/1877 | See Source »

...Speak gently...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN. | 9/27/1877 | See Source »

...They speak a language all their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN. | 9/27/1877 | See Source »

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