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  • Maybe the great Hottentot's ominous words back there had a bit to do with it.

    beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

  • His nose was large and flat like a Hottentot's, and while I gazed at him in astonishment, he raised it in the air and gave forth a snort which apparently meant that he was well satisfied with the way affairs were being carried on aboard the ship and he was consequently amused.

    Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

  • Again Hector called; and then a shrill scream burst from the Hottentot's lips: 'No! no!' he shrieked.

    A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Frederick Cornell

  • The comfort and decency needful to dress -- the Esquimau's double case of skins and the Hottentot's _cumberbund_ -- need not be insisted on; for maxims are not made for idiots.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various

  • Here, at the far-off Cape, the Huguenots settled in the valleys of the Drakenstein, of the Hottentot's Holland, and at French Hoek; and they made the wilderness blossom, and transformed its barren spaces into smiling wheatfields and oak-shaded vineyards.

    Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • The replica erected in Kensington Gardens, and placed with singular infelicity on grass between an avenue of elm trees, gives but little idea of the effect of the original, towering high over what Rhodes maintained was the finest view in the world, a view extending over the immense expanse of the Cape Flats, and embracing two oceans, with the splendid mountains of Hottentot's Holland in the background.

    Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • Now Jantje had all a Hottentot's natural love for animals, which is, generally speaking, as marked as is the Kafir's callousness towards them, and he was particularly fond of the dog Stomp, which always went out with him those rare occasions when he thought it safe or desirable to walk like an ordinary man instead of wriggling from bush to bush like

    Jess Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • The place, which was lighted by an end of candle stuck upon the floor, was very dirty, as might be expected of a Hottentot's den, and in it were collected an enormous variety of odds and ends.

    Jess Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Hottentot's monkey-like face came creeping into the ring of light, followed by his even more monkey-like form.

    Jess Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Now they were bounding over an antheap, now one of the horses was on his nose, but somehow they always escaped the last dire catastrophe, thanks chiefly to the little Hottentot's skilful driving.

    Jess Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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