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Piet brings Jacobina to a climax that "unfurled and billowed, hurtled her into the air: only to catch her again…" Men and women alike pounce upon Piet, sending Mason towards ever wilder flourishes of extravagant prose.
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The matriarch, Jacobina, hasn't been touched by her husband in almost a decade.
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Anna on the border of the _sertão_ and long celebrated for its cattle fairs, and Jacobina, an inland town N.W. of the capital, on the slopes of the Serra da Chapada, and noted for its mining industries, cotton and tobacco.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Jacqueline and Jaquetta (which are exceedingly pretty), and Jacobina
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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Any body o 'me, but you be as kind as any mistress, and much more tractable than any wife; but the world gives you a bad name, Jacobina.
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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On the faith of a man, Jacobina, you be better than the world!
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"If that were all Jacobina had done!" said the landlord, grinning.
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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I have got you a comfortable home, Jacobina -- take care of yourself, and don't fall in love with every Tomcat in the place.
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Jacobina then, we say, upon his lap, and stroking her brindled sides with great tenderness, he bade Dealtry remark how singularly quiet the animal was in its manners.
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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When I'm gone, Jacobina will have no one to feed her.
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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