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  • Blane's Church_ (Bute) has oblong nave and chancel separated by lofty wall with chancel arch.

    Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

  • "Reg'lar wusser," said another voice, which I knew to be Blane's.

    Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea George Manville Fenn 1870

  • If it had not been for Blane's partial revelations, Mr. Holworth never would have extracted the full story of how for that sacred trust, Steadfast Kenton had endured threats and pain, and had foregone ease, prosperity, latterly happiness, and how finally it had cost him health, nay life itself, for he was as surely dying of the buccaneer's pistol shot, as though he had been slain on the spot.

    Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The sheep, excepting a few old ewes, were always sold or killed before the winter, and by Blane's advice, Stead kept only three.

    Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • "If the young dog would have spoken," began the corporal, but somehow he did not like the look of Blane's iron bar, and thought it best to look up at the sun, and discover that it was time to depart if the party were to be in time for roll-call.

    Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • * The carp, to which we allude, is so accurately described in its habits in "Blane's Encyclopedia of Rural Sports," when speaking of the European carp, that we are tempted to make one or two extracts that are remarkable for their truthfulness as applied to the section of the United States where arrow - fishing is a sport.

    The Hive of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports 1854

  • The company had not long left the Howff, as Blane's public-house was called, when the trumpets and kettle-drums sounded.

    Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

  • The company had not long left the Howff, as Blane's public-house was called, when the trumpets and kettle-drums sounded.

    Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • Although Blane's family is in the stands, there are no squeals or cheering.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Tess Steckline, 20, puts down her metal livestock comb and rebuttons Blane's third button.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

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