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  • She'd accomplished everything she had to at Sentiments and Ballister Grove.

    Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005

  • Ballister cooked it to perfection; the skin was crisp and dark, the flesh moist, the red berry sauce complementing the flavour.

    Ironhand's Daughter Gemmell, David 1995

  • At sight of the unexpected stranger Miss Ballister halted.

    From Place to Place 1910

  • I think he figures that should discovery of the theft come soon -- he not knowing it already has come -- then in such case there will be a divided trail for us to follow, one end pointing toward Miss Ballister and the other toward the madame.

    From Place to Place 1910

  • I know Miss Ballister fairly well, and I have met Madame

    From Place to Place 1910

  • Ballister or Madame Ybanca, as the case may be -- and to receive from her the bit of paper that means so much to him and to those he is serving in the capacity of a paid agent.

    From Place to Place 1910

  • The elder brother had embarked in his father's business, and it was thought best on all hands for the younger Ballister to follow his example.

    Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Nathaniel Parker Willis 1875

  • Ballister passed through these transitions of taste, and he found intervals to travel, and time to read, and opportunity to indulge, as far as he could with the eye only, his passion for knowledge in the arts.

    Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Nathaniel Parker Willis 1875

  • One or two very intimate friends were added to the party, and the invitations (from the elder Ballister) proposed simply a _déjeuner sur l'herbe_ in the grounds of an unoccupied villa, the property of an acquaintance.

    Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Nathaniel Parker Willis 1875

  • Ballister, in words, the same correction of his mistress's foible that had oozed out through his treacherous pencil!

    Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Nathaniel Parker Willis 1875

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