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1 The nephew hesitated a moment, and the question was repeated with more sternness .
2 The officers gave their orders with more sternness than usual; every one was alert.
3 You should not have seen him at all, Mr. McDonald said, with more sternness of manner than was usual for him.
4 And the Count, who seemed strangely nervous, and showed more sternness and bitterness than ever, was, on his side, also eager to be gone.
5 "You have read your Prayer-Book to little purpose, if you think so," said Mr Lerew, with more sternness than he had hitherto shown.
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