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Meanings of little quickening in English

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Usage of little quickening in English
1
With a little quickening of his steady heart-beats, he awaited developments.
Many Kingdoms
2
But Canning, seeing only silence for his pains, said with a little quickening of his tone:
V. V.'s Eyes
3
Harriet, who had wandered out idly, felt a little quickening of her pulses as she saw him.
Harriet and the Piper
4
Anna felt a little quickening of excitement as they walked up the flagged path-shecould not look indifferently at the house where Malcolm lived.
Herb of Grace
5
Think hard; there must have been at least two little quickenings of the heartbeats in all that time.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
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