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Still there were two generals on the heights, Cluseret and La Cécilia, the ex-delegate melancholily airing his somnolent incapacity, while La Cécilia, unknown in this quarter, at once found himself powerless.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

And Bibulus Schnouffius howled still more melancholily, and Nele laughed the more.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de

He felt the "cursed spite" of things as melancholily as Hamlet did.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert

—Sad to lose the old friends, Mrs Breen's womaneyes said melancholily.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

"I'll fetch Harrop," he said, melancholily, to his cousin.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold