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We submissively struck our colours, and ere long were boarded by my brother and Sir Walter Mayton.
YR YNYS UNYGJULIA DE WINTON
She submissively cooked herself a meagre pottage of bread and water, appeased the cravings of nature, and fell into a sound sleep.
The husband, stretching his neck, listened to her submissively.
A RUSSIAN PROPRIETORLYOF N. TOLSTOI
They seemed humble and dejected, and quietly and submissively received their annuities and retired.
Tessie, the quick-tongued, would pat the arabesque of shining hair that lay coiled so submissively against either glowing cheek.
HALF PORTIONSEDNA FERBER
So I gave him a little more eau-de-vie, and he took it most submissively.
LORNA DOONER. D. BLACKMORE
Thatcher took the seat indicated, contritely, humbly, submissively.
THE STORY OF A MINEBRET HARTE
A truth which we accept with closed eyes, submissively, deferentially, servilely—such a truth is nothing but a lie.
THE FORERUNNERSROMAIN ROLLAND
I went with him submissively; I thought of nothing but the joy of my life, the love of my lover.
THE BACILLUS OF BEAUTYHARRIET STARK
"I yield to my father's solicitations and to your own, Valentine," she said, submissively.
MONTE-CRISTO'S DAUGHTEREDMUND FLAGG
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