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  • "I have seen one banksia – the Macartney is a name that tells me nothing."

    Queechy 1854

  • In the dying flicker of his match I saw his young, sneering eyes, as he called Macartney "Hutton," and realized furiously that Paulette had been right, not only that Dunn and Collins were alive, but that they were on

    The La Chance Mine Mystery Susan Morrow Jones

  • "I have seen one banksia — the Macartney is a name that tells me nothing."

    Queechy, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

  • "I have seen one Banksia -- the Macartney is a name that tells me nothing."

    Queechy Susan Warner 1852

  • "My Lord," cried I, eager to clear myself, "Mr. Macartney is my brother."

    Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778

  • Macartney's simple request was anything but simple.

    Nathan Gardels: Eric X. Li: A New China Looks at the West Nathan Gardels 2011

  • In his famously dismissive 1793 rebuff to Britain's George Macartney, who journeyed to Beijing to entreat the Dragon Throne on behalf of King George III to open external trade relations, China's Qianlong emperor inadvertently may have marked the apogee of Qing Dynasty power.

    Is China's Triumphalism Misplaced? Michael Kurtz 2011

  • Ernst and Young's Adrian Macartney , leader of transactions advisory services Africa, spoke to Divya Guha of Mint about the shift in perception.

    African Ventures Divya Guha 2011

  • In the meantime, Rearick is hoping for continued top 10s from Ligety, maybe a breakthrough by Weibrecht and improved results from veteran downhillers Marco Sullivan, Scott Macartney and Steven Nyman.

    U.S. men's skiers start World Cup season on bumpy ride 2009

  • Macartney's simple request was anything but simple.

    Nathan Gardels: Eric X. Li: A New China Looks at the West Nathan Gardels 2011

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