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  • There were Benedictine convents at Gudum and at Stubber, a Dominican priory at Veile, and a Franciscan priory at Kolding.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913

  • George was sent off from the lawyer's chambers with directions to consider the terms, and Mr. Boltby gave his clerk some little instructions for perpetuating the irritation on the young man which Hart and Stubber together were able to produce.

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Much in his opinion must depend on what Stubber would do.

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

  • As for Stubber, he couldn't speak to Stubber himself, as he and Stubber "were two."

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

  • But demands upon him were very pressing, and there was a certain Captain Stubber who was bitter against him, almost to blood, because one Mr. Abraham Hart had received two thousand pounds from the proceeds of Sir Harry's generosity.

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

  • He had come up to town expressly to see Captain Stubber and Mr. Hart, and perhaps also to see another friend from whom some advice might be had; but on the following morning he found himself very averse to seeking any of these advisers.

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Hart, though a Jew, was much less distasteful to him than Captain Stubber, and to Mr. Abraham

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

  • At this moment he would almost have preferred to see Captain Stubber.

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Hitherto neither Stubber, nor Hart, nor the other friend knew of his presence in London.

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Stubber had not received a shilling, and had already threatened

    Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848

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