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Examples

  • Wot's the good o' callin' a young 'ooman a Wenus or a angel, Sammy?'

    Sam Weller's Walentine 2005

  • That block, sir, has been very much admired -- extremely like the Wenus de

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 Various

  • I shot an appealing glance to the disappearing Wenus.

    The War of the Wenuses 1900

  • Moreover, the population of Wenus consisted exclusively of

    The War of the Wenuses 1900

  • It is enough, however, to note the curious fact that there are no buttons in Wenus, and that their mechanical system is remarkable, incredible as it may seem, for having developed the eye to the rarest point of perfection while dispensing entirely with the hook.

    The War of the Wenuses 1900

  • Perhaps he might translate the observation of the Wenus.

    The War of the Wenuses 1900

  • Not one of them gave a thought to Wenus as a source of danger, or thought of it only to dismiss the idea of active rivalry upon it as impossible or improbable.

    The War of the Wenuses 1900

  • I stood petrified, staring at his glazing eyes; then, turning to make for the scullery, was confronted by the catastrophic apparition of the tallest Wenus gazing at me with reproachful eyes and extended tentacles.

    The War of the Wenuses 1900

  • "And see pore old Wenus!" says John Swan, and pulls out that fair

    Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

  • Quellen of Dresden watched the pale pink planet -- it is odd, by the way, that for countless centuries Wenus has been the star of Eve -- evening by evening growing alternately paler and pinker than a literary agent, but failed to interpret the extraordinary phenomena, resembling a series of powder puffs, which he observed issuing from the cardiac penumbra on the night of April 1st, 1902.

    The War of the Wenuses 1900

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