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His iron scutes clanged violently, sounding the bells of the Church of the Contumacious Rhinoceros.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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Replied the Contumacious One, “There is no help for it; die thou must; so ask me by way of boon what manner of death thou wilt die.”
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his 1859 journals, observed, “Contumacious prisoners were put to a dreadful torture.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his 1859 journals, observed, “Contumacious prisoners were put to a dreadful torture.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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At the same time those words were written, Richard Hooker in The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity used the adjective: “Contumacious persons which refuse to obey their sentence.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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At the same time those words were written, Richard Hooker in The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity used the adjective: “Contumacious persons which refuse to obey their sentence.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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At the same time those words were written, Richard Hooker in The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity used the adjective: “Contumacious persons which refuse to obey their sentence.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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At the same time those words were written, Richard Hooker in The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity used the adjective: “Contumacious persons which refuse to obey their sentence.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his 1859 journals, observed, “Contumacious prisoners were put to a dreadful torture.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his 1859 journals, observed, “Contumacious prisoners were put to a dreadful torture.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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