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Think what was his power All knowledge at his beck--the very Devil His common slave.— The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3)
When running through the vat they fall down in folds at the back part of the beck, and are drawn out of the bottom and up in the front.— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student
It would be some time before a gypsy would hand over his brother to the harum-beck, even supposing you would not only make him a king, but a justice of the peace, and not only give him the world, but the best farm on the Holkham estate; but gypsies are wild foxes, and there is certainly a wonderful difference between the way of thinking of the wild fox who retains his brush, and that of the scurvy kennel creature who has lost his tail Ah!— The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro"
As in Lübeck, the Bürgerschaft, of 150 members, is elected by all of the citizens, but under a class system according to which citizens who have studied at a university return fourteen members; the merchants, forty; the mechanics and manufacturers, twenty; and all other citizens who have taken the burgher oath, the remaining seventy-six.— The Governments of Europe

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