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  • "Afterwhile," he said, "thou wilt be importuned by the curious to know who I am, and thou shouldst be able to answer according to the fact -- He is a Prince of India.

    The Prince of India — Volume 01 Lewis Wallace 1866

  • Afterwhile, Mildred will show you what's in bloom in the hothouse, if you wish, Arthur. ''

    Alice Adams 1921

  • Afterwhile, I expect to get a machine to put the stuff in the little bottles, when we begin to get good returns; but half a dozen of these coloured girls can do it all right now, by hand.

    Alice Adams 1921

  • Afterwhile, I expect to get a machine to put the stuff in the little bottles, when we begin to get good returns; but half a dozen of these coloured girls can do it all right now, by hand.

    Alice Adams Booth Tarkington 1907

  • Afterwhile she saith, almost in a whisper, "But thou needst not go?"

    A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales Am��lie Rives 1904

  • Afterwhile the party came to a shallow wady, down which, turning to the right hand, the guide led them.

    Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

  • Afterwhile the khan and everything thereabout lay under the intolerable radiance.

    Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

  • Afterwhile, tho, he stubs his toe and lands in the stickiness.

    The University of Hard Knocks Ralph Parlette 1900

  • Afterwhile this old world gets too small for us and we go on south into a larger one.

    The University of Hard Knocks Ralph Parlette 1900

  • Afterwhile the valley was all hidden by the clouds.

    The University of Hard Knocks Ralph Parlette 1900

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