Usage examples for firstly
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He
petitioned
to
be
spared
it,
on
the
plea,
firstly,
that
it
expressed
want
of
confidence;
secondly,
that
it
took
him
in
the
stomach.
– The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
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The
different
stages
succeeding
each
other
would
be
most
likely
as
follows-
firstly,
the
master
having
been
commissioned
by
a
wealthy
patron
to
make
of
his
best
pattern
and
highest
finish
a
quartet
of
instruments,
he
would
take
from
his
store
of
choice
pine
and
sycamore,
which
he
had
taken
so
much
trouble
and
skill
in
collecting
together,
such
pieces
that
appeared
to
him
suitable
for
the
instruments
to
be
constructed.
– Antonio Stradivari by Horace William Petherick
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Firstly:
We
bind
ourselves
to
resist
all
such
laws
as
may
in
any
degree
interfere
with
the
reasonable,
intellectual,
and
spiritual
freedom
of
man
or
woman.
– Temporal Power by Marie Corelli