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  • The whole was concluded by a general Huzza from the whole line.

    Letter 290 2009

  • There is at present so vehement a flourish of trumpets, and so prodigious a roll of the drum, whenever we are called upon to throw up our hats, and cry "Huzza" to the "March of Enlightenment," that, out of that very spirit of contradiction natural to all rational animals, one is tempted to stop one's ears, and say, "Gently, gently; LIGHT is noiseless: how comes 'Enlightenment' to make such a clatter?

    My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Alexander Ming Jr., shown fleeing to the right of the illustration, commiserated with a companion that "the jig's up," as a Whig on the left side boasted "Huzza! onward, we'll bang Slamm and the rest of them this time."

    Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006

  • Wheeler shouted out “Huzza!” as did a number of the little blackguard boys of Grumpley: who, to be sure, would huzza for anything.

    The Great Hoggarty Diamond 2006

  • Huzza!! by Mar on Saturday, Dec 16, 2006 at 9: 25: 08 AM

    Ungrateful whelps: Getting along with grown-up children is hard work! 2006

  • And now, one morning, he bursts into my apartment, where I happened to lie rather late, waving the newspaper in his hand, and singing “Huzza!” with all his might.

    The Virginians 2006

  • (Tremendous cheering.) “Huzza! huzza!” shouted the immense audience, completely electrified by these inspiring words.

    Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

  • Huzza for the intrepid Ferguson!” cried one of the most excitable of the enthusiastic crowd.

    Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

  • Huzza!” roared Joe, as the balloon — thanks to its ascensional force — shot up higher into the sky, with increased rapidity.

    Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

  • Huzza! huzza!” cried the seamen, as with swinging tarpaulins they hailed the act of nailing the gold to the mast.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

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