in a spirited manner
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Directions for Reading.—This lesson should be read in a spirited manner.
From New National Fourth Reader by Barnes, Charles J.
Charges of every description were preferred against her which she refuted in a spirited manner, but her credentials were finally rejected.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
Kilpatrick was ordered to attack and check this advance, which he did in a spirited manner.
From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Glazier, Willard W.
The frigate kept firing rapidly her foremost guns at the Frenchman, who replied to them in a spirited manner with his aftermost ones, as they could be brought to bear.
From James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
On the following afternoon, while three of the companies of the regiment were picketing the front, they were attacked in a spirited manner by six companies of a Mississippi regiment deployed as skirmishers.
From A Raw Recruit's War Experiences by Nickerson, Ansel D.
