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1. Albert was constantly expatiating on their good fortune in meeting such a man.
2. From his mighty bulk the whale affords a most congenial theme whereon to enlarge, amplify, and generally expatiate.
3. The auctioneer sees his advantage, and expatiates volubly in mingled French and English, and bids rise in rapid succession.
4. When Miss Ophelia expatiated on Topsy's naughty, wicked conduct, the child looked perplexed and sorrowful, but said, sweetly.
5. And in proof of this Chichikov cited the purses which the Governor knitted, and also expatiated on the mildness of his features.
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