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A few minutes later Prince Andrew rang and Natasha went to him, but Sonya, feeling unusually excited and touched, remained at the window thinking about the strangeness of what had occurred.
Sonya was softened, excited, and touched by all that had occurred that day, especially by the mysterious fulfillment she had just seen of her vision.
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To take any other course would have been an act of downright rudeness, and would have excited remark.
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Elizabeth and her friend had not yet lost their senses in sleep, and the howlings of the northwest wind were heard around the buildings, and brought with them that exquisite sense of comfort that is ever excited under such circumstances, in an apartment where the fire has not yet ceased to glimmer, and curtains, and shutters, and feathers unite to preserve the desired temperature.
During all this time, Oliver Edwards, whose sudden elevation excited no surprise in that changeful country, was earnestly engaged in the service of Marmaduke, during the days; but his nights were often spent in the hut of Leather-Stocking.
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But the last thing likely to have entered Fred's expectation was that he should see his brother-in-law Lydgate--of whom he had never quite dropped the old opinion that he was a prig, and tremendously conscious of his superiority--looking excited and betting, just as he himself might have done.
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Anyone coming along the road from Chobham or Wo- king would have been amazed at the sight--a dwindling mul- titude of perhaps a hundred people or more standing in a great irregular circle, in ditches, behind bushes, behind gates and hedges, saying little to one another and that in short, excited shouts, and staring, staring hard at a few heaps of sand.
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Perhaps Stroeve's passion excited without satisfying that part of her nature, and she hated Strickland because she felt in him the power to give her what she needed.
His fingers were long; they were the capable, fashioning fingers of the artist; and I know not what troubling thoughts they excited in her.
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From the moment of that excited conversation the two young men had held in front of the tents at Havre, when Raoul made the duke perceive the impropriety of his conduct, Buckingham felt himself attracted towards Raoul almost in spite of himself.
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As for the business at hand, I wish to thank Peggy Dulaney and the members of the chapter who attended the October meeting while being a part of the SCNA/ APRN conference for chairing the chapter meeting and conducting the meeting From a business perspective the chapter remains in the black and the chapter is excited about the upcoming ISPN conference in Greenville in March The chapter is also excited to continue to provide service to our members and offer continuing education opportunities Our summer seminars are well attended and we will plan to continue to do so The chapter is also excited that the membership desires increased e-mail accessibility to one another and we will do our best to make it so.
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