Big natures in their fits of explosiveness must be taken by flying shots, as dwarfs peep on a monster, or the Scythian attacked a phalanx.
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Then Betts said, with the explosiveness of one who catches an idea,- "Have yer thought o' tellin' John Dempsey?"
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The last mentioned give rise to her explosiveness, withering sarcasm, and anger.
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