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  • There was the ultra-fashionable set that revolved round Government House and the vice-regal entertainments; that covered the lawns at Flemington and Caulfield; drove out in splendid four and six-in-hands to champagne picnics at Yan Yean; overflowed the dress circle at the Theatre Royal, where Bandmann was appearing in his famous roles; the ladies decked for all occasions — lawn, theatre, picnics, dusty streets alike — in the flimsiest and costliest of robes.

    The Way Home 2003

  • TULLY: Yean, the single biggest outrage, Jack, for the investors in America isn't so much even the money they lost, as the fact that these guys aren't in jail, that no one was being indicted, no one was being prosecuted ...

    CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2003 2003

  • Yean unfailing the flocks, and the sea gives fish in abundance. ''

    Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning 1920

  • You'll see where every drop of it comes from, the pure Yan Yean!

    The Amateur Cracksman 1902

  • You'll see where every drop of it comes from, the pure Yan Yean!

    The Amateur Cracksman 1893

  • "Jean Paul, from when I first made contact with him, I could tell he was curious and wanted to learn," says Ricky Yean, cofounder of startup

    Forbes.com: News Tomio Geron 2011

  • Yean used that data to build his Crowdbooster product, which helps companies manage their social media.

    Forbes.com: News Tomio Geron 2011

  • While building his company, Yean hit up Coupal, asking if he could develop Coupal's Twitter strategy.

    Forbes.com: News Tomio Geron 2011

  • The Upholsterer finding my Friend very inquisitive about these his Lodgers, brought him some time since a little Bundle of Papers, which he assured him were written by King Sa Ga Yean Qua Rash

    Spectator, April 27, 1711 1711

  • The upholsterer finding my friend very inquisitive about these his lodgers, brought him some time since a little bundle of papers, which he assured him were written by King Sa Ga Yean Qua Rash Tow, and, as he supposes, left behind by some mistake.

    The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Jonathan Swift 1706

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