Example Sentences

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Now did Pedgift Junior shine brighter than ever he had shone yet in gems of caustic humor and exquisite fertilities of resource.

From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie

Among a people who look to music and song as a source of enjoyment, the habit of improvisation grows up imperceptibly, and engages all the fertilities of imagination in its exercise. 

From Servian Popular Poetry by Bowring, John