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  • As he beat back wace after wave of attackers he inspired people in their everyday lives to go after their dreams with the same intensity.

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  • I have often thought, sir (this clawet is weally nectaweous) — I have often, I say, thought that the wace of man may be compawed to these

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush 2006

  • But the knowledge is only emptiness; the initiation is but misery; the initiated a man shunned and banned by his fellows. Oh! 'said Bullwig, clasping his hands, and throwing his fine i's up to the chandelier,' the curse of Pwomethus descends upon his wace.

    Thackeray Anthony Trollope 1848

  • I have often thought, sir (this clawet is weally nectaweous) -- I have often, I say, thought that the wace of man may be compawed to these Awabian sheep -- genius is our tail, education our wheelbawwow.

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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