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Olympias: Underplot in his verses alludes, mock-heroically, to the fabled begetting of Alexander the Great. mantygers.

From Three Hours after Marriage by Arbuthnot, John

“Oh, blood, Iago, blood!” she exclaimed, mock-heroically, then burst into the merriest laugh that one could care to hear.

From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by Hazelton, George C.

She put her back against the door in a blaze of triumph, and said mock-heroically, 'No one shall leave this room till supper's served.'

From A Practical Novelist by Davidson, John