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  • For a moment more the mute and the leper stood in sight, while the former adjusted his heavy burden; then, without one backward glance upon the unkind human world, turning their faces toward the ridge in the depths of the swamp known as the Leper's Land, they stepped into the jungle, disappeared, and were never seen again.

    Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

  • For a moment more the mute and the leper stood in sight, while the former adjusted his heavy burden; then, without one backward glance upon the unkind human world, turning their faces toward the ridge in the depths of the swamp known as the Leper's Land, they stepped into the jungle, disappeared, and were never seen again.

    Old Creole Days 1879

  • At 'the grand island, miscalled Leper's,' the Bishop slept ashore for the first time, and so also at Whitsuntide.

    Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873

  • 'Leper's Island is very pleasant; I longed to stay there.

    Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873

  • In 1894 the State of Louisiana took ownership of the property and designated it the Louisiana Leper Home.

    Archive 2009-09-01 ____Maggie 2009

  • At "Leper Creativity: The First international Cyclonopedia Symposium" in 2011 at Parsons TNS for Design, you described the concept of 'dustism.'

    Carla Leitao: Dustism, Creatures and Speculative Materialism in Architecture: An Interview With Alisa Andrasek/Biothing Carla Leitao 2012

  • The tour, which also takes in the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Terrace of the Elephants and Terrace of Leper Kings, as well as the famous Ta Prohm temple, ends with a gentle boat ride from the south gate to the west gate of Angkor Thom, where guests are picked up and taken to the five-star Hôtel de la Paix in nearby Siem Reap.

    Memories Worth 1,000 Pradas Jemima Sissons 2011

  • It's got a couple of real oddball choices "New Test Leper"?

    Tony Sachs: Imperfect Circle: R.E.M. Sums Up A Career In 40 Songs Tony Sachs 2011

  • There's Finny, the athlete and smooth talker; there's Gene, the paranoid achiever; there's Leper, the oddball out; there's Brinker, who I definitely knew growing up.

    My current emotional state, as shown below pabba 2009

  • In 1894 the State of Louisiana took ownership of the property and designated it the Louisiana Leper Home.

    The Sanctuary of Outcasts (copy) ____Maggie 2009

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