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  • Near the left-hand corner of the grove which surrounded the dingle, and about ten yards from the fire-ball, I perceived a chaise, with a postillion on the box, who was making efforts, apparently useless, to control his horses, which were kicking and plunging in the highest degree of excitement.

    Of phrasebooks, battleship lieutenants and lightning-struck postillions 2010

  • Near the left-hand corner of the grove which surrounded the dingle, and about ten yards from the fire-ball, I perceived a chaise, with a postillion on the box, who was making efforts, apparently useless, to control his horses, which were kicking and plunging in the highest degree of excitement.

    16 posts from March 2010 2010

  • Near the left-hand corner of the grove which surrounded the dingle, and about ten yards from the fire-ball, I perceived a chaise, with a postillion on the box, who was making efforts, apparently useless, to control his horses, which were kicking and plunging in the highest degree of excitement.

    Of phrasebooks, battleship lieutenants and lightning-struck postillions 2010

  • Am I cotton refuse or threadbare rags that thou marchest me about from greybeard to greybeard, each like a wall ready to fall or an Ifrit smitten down of a fire-ball?

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Description: When he was young and using his fire-ball Danny MacFayden had only moderate success as a major-league hurler.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • Description: When he was young and using his fire-ball Danny MacFayden had only moderate success as a major-league hurler.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • Description: When he was young and using his fire-ball Danny MacFayden had only moderate success as a major-league hurler.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • A far cry from the thundering fire-ball that scorched the 10 Commandments into a rock and parted the Red Sea.

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • A far cry from the thundering fire-ball that scorched the 10 Commandments into a rock and parted the Red Sea.

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • A far cry from the thundering fire-ball that scorched the 10 Commandments into a rock and parted the Red Sea.

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

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