Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spell was broken; there was a sudden movement. One of the pretty heads was bent low over the back of the seat in front. Had the terrible tension at last given way? Would she roll off the seat with merriment? Would it be necessary for me gently to hold her in her place...
...Pardon me, sir," I said at length. "It was a sudden faintness, a - a - it comes upon me now and then. I have not been - feeling well today...
...went to find Edith. She was alone on the piazza, and she looked up with such a sadly tender face as I approached! - Well, I told her that I had been seized with sudden faintness, and that was all. I asked where her brother was; I was sorry for my seeming rudeness; and Mr. Edmund himself appeared then, and begged me say no more about it. We fell a-talking with each other. I could not help be impressed with the charm of his manner, for he reminded me very distinctly of his sister. Surely there was no dark hidden...
...Then it induced its item editor to get an inspiration. We congratulate "our esteemed cotemporary" on the success of this inspiration. An item editor who can successfully alliterate and expose lies, too, has a great future before him, and so has his paper. Deprecating as we do this sudden misfortune which has come upon us, we wish to propose a remedy, namely, that the Echo and Advocate make an agreement by which the former shall confine itself to the bulletin board, religious canvassing, and "lies by the day or week;" and the latter shall assume the fearful responsibility of explaining...
...relate occurred. Stephen had complained of not feeling very well for several days, and on the evening in question he had started out, as he said, for a short walk, "to ??? me up a little." I had many times noted how nervous he had become. He started at any sudden sound, and often I had overheard him talking to himself. He had also complained of bad dreams; he certainly had been feverishly restless during these past few nights, and he had succeeded in infecting me with the same trouble. I knew that he was completely worn out, and I begged...