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Supinely he allowed Austria and the Catholic League to raise their Croats and Walloons with the ready aid, so valuable in that age of unready finance, of Spanish gold.

From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin

Supinely he saw the storm gather and roll towards him.

From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin

Supinely she waved a foot back and forth, showing and then withdrawing the point of a jeweled slipper, and a suggestion of lavender in silk network above.

From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart