With these words Kiau Sun struck the duck so proficiently that it emitted a life-like call, and prepared to raise his voice in a chant.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
It is largely owing to the graceful and virtuous conversation of these lesser ones that this person's knowledge of the exact position which the ceremonial etiquette of the country demands on various occasions is becoming so proficiently enlarged.
"The Mirror of Kong Ho"
Ernest Bramah
Thus, at the next attack the one sharing the enterprise with me struck the missile so proficiently that its recovery engaged the attention of all our adversaries, and then began to exhibit his powers by running and leaping towards me.
"The Mirror of Kong Ho"
Ernest Bramah