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He did not vouch for Mr. Lowe; but he could produce the form of scapular worn by Mr. Gladstone, and had a facsimile of the scourge by which Mr. Cardwell diurnally chastened his natural instincts.

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

The earth, as we have seen on a former occasion, is described as immovable, in the centre of the universe, and the heavenly bodies as revolving round it diurnally.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

It had never before dawned upon us that we thus added three uncounted miles to our fourteen diurnally counted ones.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

Why or how does seven-and-sixpence diurnally represent one the equal of the best in any society of the land?

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James

Helen heard them at the gate, noisy and eager; for them the supper hour was diurnally a time of a joyous lift of spirit.

From The Desert Valley by Gregory, Jackson