Clarences

Caine has known his share of "Clarences," he says - doddering, marginally successful show folk just hanging on.

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Caine has known his share of "Clarences," he says - doddering, marginally successful show folk just hanging on.

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Only, when the grand catastrophe came, and Jefferson and the House of Virginia of that day undertook to break on the wheel all the possible Clarences of the then House of York, by the great treason trial at Richmond, some of the lesser fry in that distant

Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter

When it was evident that Evadne had brought a good deal that was disagreeable upon herself by her action in the matter of the Clarences, old Mrs. Beale came to her one day in all kindliness to tell her the private opinion of the friends who had stood by her loyally in public.

The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand

Jefferson and the House of Virginia of that day undertook to break on the wheel all the possible Clarences of the then House of York, by the great treason-trial at Richmond, some of the lesser fry in that distant

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various

It is rumoured that the former is in treaty with the latter for a pair of left-off six-and-eightpenny Clarences.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 Various

The Clarences will have to live down their own little difficulty.

The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand

That little business about the Clarences had not interrupted the intimacy between Colonel Colquhoun and the Guthrie Brimstons.

The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand

"It seems that I have not done the Clarences any good," Evadne murmured one day to Mr. Price.

The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand

I have no doubt, however, that it was designed for the very purpose to which you are putting it -- the purpose of spoiling the Clarences 'chance of happiness in a new place.

The Heavenly Twins Madame Sarah Grand