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  • And I want to say on behalf of my party, because I know in the minds of a number of you that the NDP stands for something called big government, that the government with the smallest per capita civil service in Canada is Alan Blakeney's in Saskatchewan.

    The Choice for Canada 1979

  • Blakeney's speed, with the briefest intervals for food and rest.

    Round the World in Seven Days Herbert Strang

  • Blakeney's ears for aught he knew, and he might be caught and trapped before he could help, or, at least, warn the fugitives.

    The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • Marguerite laughed heartily as Sir Andrew tried to describe Blakeney's appearance, whose gravest difficulty always consisted in his great height, which in France made disguise doubly difficult.

    The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • And stepping aside, he allowed the moths to flutter more closely round the candle, and the brilliant throng of the JEUNESSE DOREE, eagerly attentive to Lady Blakeney's every movement, hid the keen, fox-like face from her view.

    The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • Blakeney's arrival, alone, at this extraordinary hour.

    The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • Blakeney's words were the first to stir in his heart a desire for something beyond that quasi-mediaeval worship, something weaker and yet infinitely stronger, something more earthy and yet almost divine.

    I Will Repay Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • In the meanwhile Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had cautiously worked his way down the cliffs: he stopped once or twice, pausing to listen for whispered words, which would guide him to Blakeney's hiding-place.

    The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • Luxembourg Gardens are transformed into a township of gigantic smithies; and Anne Mie, with scared eyes, and clinging to Blakeney's arm, cast furtive, terrified glances at the huge furnaces and the begrimed, darkly scowling faces of the workers within.

    I Will Repay Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • His Royal Highness had laughed until the tears streamed down his cheeks at Blakeney's foolish yet funny repartees.

    The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

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