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The glass sank from the paragon's lips, the arm of Mr. Fennessy fell from her waist; the circle of servants, tinkers, and country people vainly tried to efface themselves behind each other.

All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Martin Ross 1903

"I should recommend you to buy a new one at once," said Sir George Ker, in a way that was singularly exasperating to the paragon's proprietors.

All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Martin Ross 1903

Any reader with an aptitude for family pedigrees will now understand that Reginald, Master of Hoppet Hall, was first cousin to the father of the Foreign Office paragon, and that he is therefore the paragon's first cousin once removed.

The American Senator Anthony Trollope 1848

Even though the paragon's sperm would sire more successful offspring, it's the loser who ends up fathering most of her progeny.

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