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  • Fancying myself the only girl in class mature enough to handle a long-term relationship, I was shocked when all of the other girls simultaneously discovered cosmetics the moment Father Andy started coming into our classroom.

    i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010

  • Fancying myself the only girl in class mature enough to handle a long-term relationship, I was shocked when all of the other girls simultaneously discovered cosmetics the moment Father Andy started coming into our classroom.

    i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010

  • Fancying myself far too cool to patronize such organized nonsense, faced with no other alternative a few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find the Friday night "Noche Mexicana" buffet a warm and delightful experience.

    Lodging In And Around Pátzcuaro 2007

  • Fancying myself far too cool to patronize such organized nonsense, faced with no other alternative a few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find the Friday night "Noche Mexicana" buffet a warm and delightful experience.

    Lodging In And Around Pátzcuaro 2007

  • Fancying himself to be a knight actuated by the highest impulses of chivalry, the crazy fellow sets off on his skinny horse, Rocinante, accompanied by his "squire," a fat and rather dim neighbor called Sancho Panza.

    Don Quixote 2009

  • Fancying himself irresistibly attractive, he "walked down the street, grinning and ogling every woman he met with glances, which he meant should kill them outright"

    Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef 2007

  • Fancying myself far too cool to patronize such organized nonsense, faced with no other alternative a few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find the Friday night "Noche Mexicana" buffet a warm and delightful experience.

    Lodging In And Around Pátzcuaro 2007

  • Fancying myself far too cool to patronize such organized nonsense, faced with no other alternative a few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find the Friday night "Noche Mexicana" buffet a warm and delightful experience.

    Lodging In And Around Pátzcuaro 2007

  • Fancying myself a regular Ben Linus, I watched the plane passengers and made mental files.

    Lindsay Mannering: Life Lessons From JetBlue Gate B3 2008

  • Fancying himself a self-made man, Kirsanow preaches the Randian gospel of personal responsibility.

    Max Blumenthal: Alito's Pro-Internment Witness: "You Can Forget About Civil Rights" 2008

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