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When the relations of the bride troop in, we recognize the fact that they, too, have a theme; we learned it when Goro, some time back, was enumerating the expected guests.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

I was enumerating, as I told you, my present felicities: I was rejoicing in your friendships.

From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Richardson, Samuel

I was enumerating for my own convenience," he said, "as I frequently do, to see if I cannot discover one new variety.

From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Even as we pondered, perhaps to the degree of gloating, Hawkins was enumerating instances of much greater numbers taken by his customers.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William

While this fellow was enumerating the Universalists in neighboring towns who had turned from their errors on their death-beds, some one exclaimed, "John Hodges! why, he isn't dead,—he's alive and well."

From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Hawthorne, Nathaniel