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Mrs. Owen's family, the Singletons, had crossed the Ohio into Hoosier territory along in the fifties, in time for Sally to have been a student—not the demurest from all accounts—at Indiana Female College.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
"Please be seated, Captain Hocken," said Mrs Bosenna, covering inward merriment with the demurest of smiles.
From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
He threw up his arms to ward off the threatened attack, and when he opened his eyes and peered out she was sitting on the table with the demurest of expressions upon her countenance.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana
Or who in Moscow toward the Czar With the demurest of footfalls, Over the Kremlin's pavement white With serpentine and syenite, Steps with five other generals—" "That's no good.
From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard
Fair she is, as other damsels: but for what the simplest swain Claims from the demurest maiden, I must sue and sue in vain.
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
