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  • This long-headed parent had never mentioned his income to his children, who, seeing that he lived in a cheap way, reflected that he had deprived himself of his property for their sakes, and, therefore, redoubled their attentions and tenderness.

    A Start in Life 2007

  • The long-headed syndics, Sarasin and Godefroi, agreed that the reasoning of the Calvinistic sanhedrim was admirable, and by the right of the strongest party, condemned Nicholas Anthony, the weakest of men, to die the same death as Calanus and the counsellor

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Not particularly pleased to build a vehicle which would be difficult to sell if it remained upon their hands, these long-headed dealers declined to undertake it at all until Pierrotin had made a preliminary payment of two thousand francs.

    A Start in Life 2007

  • But she was not gaunt, nor ugly in the upper part of her face, nor particularly strange in manner; so that, when her more intimate acquaintances spoke of her the term was softened, and she became simply a Deep Body, who was as long-headed as she was high.

    Under the Greenwood Tree 2006

  • Here is Musgrave's photo on her campaign Web site, all skinny and long-headed:

    11/02/2006 2006

  • "Special conditions might bring about a change in an originally long-headed race," snapped Kirowan.

    People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • But he never argued with an uncle, in that way preserving their opinion of him as ‘a long-headed chap,’ and the legal care of their property.

    In Chancery 2004

  • To go on seeing all those people who had known him as a ‘long-headed chap,’ an astute adviser — after that — no! The fastidiousness and pride which was so strangely, so inextricably blended in him with possessive obtuseness, revolted against the thought.

    In Chancery 2004

  • He is shrewd, sagacious, long-headed, and great; he has earned his success, and few men grudge, while many seek to get a slice of it; but he, as a general rule, declines any premature distribution, and for this custody of his wealth he is admired all the more by those who have no hope of sharing it.

    Erema Richard Doddridge 2004

  • She knew that those two long-headed, aged counsellors were plotting against her happiness, and she felt that she could hardly dare hope for success with such terrible foes opposed to her.

    Tales of all countries 2004

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