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  • The characters in The Crimson Petal and the White live under the shroud of considerable misinformation, including Doctor Curlew's inability to diagnose Agnes's brain tumor and Sugar's rudimentary birth-control methods.

    The Crimson Petal and The White by Michel Faber: Questions 2002

  • Only the night before she and her uncle had figured out the _Curlew's_ course homeward-bound from her last port of call.

    Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper

  • This wasn't far to the westward of Fayal -- in mebbe somewhere near the same spot where that Portugee fisherman reports pickin 'up the _Curlew's_ boat.

    Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper

  • The storekeeper had got up and pulled a stout-armed member of the _Curlew's_ crew into his place.

    Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper

  • "So she be," was the answer; "but the Curlew's overhauling her this time."

    The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories Nicholas Carter

  • The life-savers brought Cap'n Abe, the storekeeper, back from the wreck, the last survivor of the _Curlew's_ crew.

    Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper

  • A gentle breeze from the Northeast came singing through the ropes; and we smiled up hopefully at the Curlew's leaning masts.

    The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1916

  • With her nerves frayed raw by two nights of sleepless vigil and the memory of the _Curlew's_ disabled motor rankling within her, Dickie Lang brushed by a group of men and confronted a bullet-headed man in a loose gray sweater.

    El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914

  • Dodging among the retreating fishermen he grazed the _Curlew's_ hull and plunged into the open space.

    El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914

  • Turning to the fishermen she rapidly related the incident of the finding of the emery-dust in the _Curlew's_ motor.

    El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914

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