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Volubility, voluble Repetition and repeated Volubility-fluent Reiterations, and reiterating Fluency.
John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961
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He was a person of a plausible readiness and Volubility with his Tongue and his
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 1961
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When I pass'd the Meadow, every one quitted her Employment to come and stare at me; they all spoke together so loud, and with such Volubility, that I almost fancied my self among a Score of Gammers at a Country Christening.
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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Oh! thou Aether, on which I feed, oh! thou Volubility of
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Volubility is almost regularly increased, and is, indeed, one of the most sensitive and constant of the correlations in emotional delight ....
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899
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A blind Man could scarce have distinguish'd them; but in Volubility of Throat the former had much the Superiority.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889
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Volubility strangles it; and it is felt to be insincere when it grows loquacious.
Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters Hudson, H N 1872
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Volubility strangles it; and it is felt to be insincere when it grows loquacious.
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Henry Norman Hudson 1850
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He has so much of both, and at the Same time so much Imagination and Volubility, as to make a Character quite original.
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Volubility of their Tongue; but what do you think of the silent
The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700
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