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Once more she was a fresh-cheeked lass of eighteen; she was at evening church, and the hectic writing-master and she were quavering out of the same psalm-book.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The first notes were quavering as the man's big frame shook, but the little hands across his eyes seemed to steady him, and the final flourish was like a call of triumph.

From Hillsboro People by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield