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  • He was often referred to as the John Brown of Eagle Point, another section of Polo west of town where some of the group eventually settled.

    The Journal-Standard Homepage RSS 2009

  • “I was hired by two men to perform ’round-the-clock surveillance of a man who goes by the name of John Brown.”

    Curse of the Spellmans Lisa Lutz 2008

  • “I was hired by two men to perform ’round-the-clock surveillance of a man who goes by the name of John Brown.”

    Curse of the Spellmans Lisa Lutz 2008

  • I confessed 1'd never heard of an American called John Brown, and Crixus said "Ah!" with the satisfied gleam of one who is bursting with great news to tell, which he did, and that was the first I ever heard of Old Ossawatomie, the Angel of the Lord - or the murderous rustler, whichever you like.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • I confessed 1'd never heard of an American called John Brown, and Crixus said "Ah!" with the satisfied gleam of one who is bursting with great news to tell, which he did, and that was the first I ever heard of Old Ossawatomie, the Angel of the Lord - or the murderous rustler, whichever you like.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • I confessed I'd never heard of an American called John Brown, and Crixus said "Ah!" with the satisfied gleam of one who is bursting with great news to tell, which he did, and that was the first I ever heard of Old Ossawatomie, the Angel of the Lord - or the murderous rustler, whichever you like.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • He suddenly stopped the carriage, and, looking around for a few minutes, said: 'We are now on some of my poor land, familiarly known as the John Brown tract;' and he then added, 'I own eight hundred thousand acres, of which this is a part, and all in one piece.'

    A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

  • Russell Brooks, alias John Brown, dropped his cap again, but did not pick it up.

    The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • In 1859 Douglass had fled to England as a fugitive from justice because of his presumed complicity in what was then called John Brown's "crime."

    Frederick Douglass 1906

  • But being asked if they would take the abjuration, the eldest of the two, called John Brown, refused it; nor would he swear not to rise in arms against the King, but said he knew no king.

    Claverhouse Mowbray Morris 1879

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