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Scarcely had he alighted than the guy ropes were simultaneous released, and the great warship, lightened by the removal of the loot, soared majestically into the air, her decks and upper works a mass of roaring flames.
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We turned to look in the direction from whence the first report had come, and there we saw, just clearing the tops of the nearer hills, a great battleship swinging majestically through the air.
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Its entire population had assembled in crowds, and were yelling with anger and fear, at the same time vainly directing their arrows against this monster of the air that swept along so majestically away above all their powerless fury.
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Almost immediately there came an answer from the distance, and presently forty or fifty great apes swung rapidly and majestically through the trees toward the scene of tragedy.
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Ma'am," said I, swelling, "it is a Dedication," and I walked majestically to the window.
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She then took up her fan which lay on the ground, and without even looking at Jones walked very majestically out of the room; there being a kind of dignity in the impudence of women of quality, which their inferiors vainly aspire to attain to in circumstances of this nature.
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The gong whirred, and the Glaring-at-Gotham car moved majestically upon its instructive tour.
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Having delivered this manifesto (which formed a portion of his last week's leader) with vehement articulation, the editor paused to take breath, and looked majestically at Bob Sawyer.
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Nell returned a satisfactory reply, and Mrs Jarley, after sticking a great many pins into various parts of her figure, and making several abortive attempts to obtain a full view of her own back, was at last satisfied with her appearance, and went forth majestically.
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Brocklehurst, standing on the hearth with his hands behind his back, majestically surveyed the whole school.
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It's a majestically clean and beautiful landscape, chosen presumably because its remoteness denies the walkers access to the internet.
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They had played majestically against the tall, tough, swarthy men of Yugoslavia, matching them in a furnace of a stadium.
MATCH OF THE OLD DAY SCOTLAND1 YUGOSLAVIA1 Scorers: Scotland - Jordan (89). Yugoslavia - Karasi (81). SUNDAY MAIL, JUNE 23, 1974

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