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  • Consternation gave way to a sense of outrage, but the "Kinglet," as the great courtiers styled him, stood firm.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) William Milligan Sloane 1889

  • For example, the Northern beardless-tyrannulet not to be confused with the Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a comparatively plain little flycatcher.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Live! Nudis! (toxic nudibranchs, that is) 2008

  • The King cried, This is well seen, and my breast is braodened by this thy speech; but where shall we find a messenger befitting this grave matter, for that this Solomon is no Kinglet and the approaching him is no light affair?

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • And we recently added the Golden-crowned Kinglet and the Great Horned Owl to our list.

    Archive 2006-10-01 M-mv 2006

  • And we recently added the Golden-crowned Kinglet and the Great Horned Owl to our list.

    Birding M-mv 2006

  • ‘That will just suit me,’ thought the Kinglet; ‘I will stand at the door and see if she knows me.’

    The Green Fairy Book 2003

  • Kinglet did not hear her and let her take his purse.

    The Green Fairy Book 2003

  • She stretched herself on the grass, and the Kinglet did the same.

    The Green Fairy Book 2003

  • The Kinglet did as he was told, but in entering the room he saw, instead of merely hands, eight arms, each holding an enormous stick.

    The Green Fairy Book 2003

  • ‘Here they are,’ said the Kinglet, delighted with this change of tone, and he drew them from his bosom.

    The Green Fairy Book 2003

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