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It is a commonplace that a Borderer should be a more hot partisan of his own country against the other from which but a line divides him in fact, and scarcely so much in race -- than the calmer inhabitant of the midland country who knows no such press of constant antagonism; and Jeanne is another example of this well known fact.
Jeanne d'Arc Oliphant, Mrs. 1896
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a Borderer should be a more hot partisan of his own country against the other from which but a line divides him in fact, and scarcely so much in race -- than the calmer inhabitant of the midland country who knows no such press of constant antagonism; and Jeanne is another example of this well known fact.
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Writing as 'Borderer', Henry Penfold stated: "Scores of the farmers and their wives in East Cumberland were clothed from the products of the old-fashioned mill at Hardbank which was noted for turning out real hard-wearing stuff".
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There are green shoots of recovery among the thistles, as Scotland showed at Twickenham a week earlier, and the slightly built, modest Borderer Paterson has played a big part in the revival after the debacle against Wales last month.
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He was a Borderer through and through and repeatedly declined BBC offers to move south to present and commentate on other sports.
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He was a Borderer through and through and repeatedly declined BBC offers to move south to present and commentate on other sports.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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He was a Borderer through and through and repeatedly declined BBC offers to move south to present and commentate on other sports.
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He was a Borderer through and through and repeatedly declined BBC offers to move south to present and commentate on other sports.
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Turning his face to the wall, the Borderer lay in stern expectation of approaching death, which the bishop left him to contemplate.
Castle Dangerous 2008
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“I cannot say, my lord,” replied the jealous Borderer.
The Talisman 2008
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