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• Just call me Joe I thought your name was George Baptismal--whim of the Old Man's. —  Greener Than You Think
• Let me ask you as a gentleman to humor our whim, and to know us at present as Madame and Mademoiselle Letellier He bowed, but flushed with embarrassment And mademoiselle? —  The Forsaken Inn A Novel
• Charity in the past has been prompted by weakness and whim--the penance of rogues--and often we give to get rid of the troublesome applicant Beggary and virtue were imagined to have something akin. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
• Tis most true 240 I own thy merit in those founded cities Built for a whim, recorded with a verse Which shames both them and thee to coming ages Sar. —  The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry
• "What interest could I possibly have in a ship's figure-head It was a whim, a fad of Mr Ensler's. —  Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy

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