He was described by the most brilliant Eton tutor of his day, William Johnson Cory (author of Ionica), as a "portentously wise youth, not, however, deficient in fun." [Please select]
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The spectacle could only be portentously flat or heroically successful, and in Got's hands this latter was its fortune. [Please select]
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The great man became rather portentously solemn--he himself would have said "becomingly grave." [Please select]
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Denham frowned portentously, and that peculiarly dead calm which usually precedes the bursting of a storm prevailed in the office. [Please select]
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At first we went at a dog-trot, but presently slowed down to discuss the future looming portentously ahead of us. [Please select]
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They soar and circle above them, at times swooping portentously near. [Please select]
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"It's a thousand pities," repeated the little Doctor, looking quite portentously regretful and oppressed. [Please select]
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