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Dedicated respectfully to The Hangmen of England and to similar Constitutional Bulwarks everywhere. posted by Christopher Walken in advice, books, crime | * | 12 comments comments
A Short Introduction to the Fine Art of Execution! | clusterflock 2009
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The Bulwarks, which are "solid, wall-like structures raised for defense."
Is "Bullies" an offensive team name? Ann Althouse 2007
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Bulwarks were shattered, the alloy casing peeled back like gray flower petals.
Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000
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"Britain's Bulwarks" attached to it by the shopkeeper.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 Various
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Bulwarks were cut away, and the heavy guns were rolled out of the gaps thus made, and cast into the sea.
The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898
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Bulwarks were torn away as though they had been compact of paper.
The Man Bram Stoker 1879
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They, the objectors, are of the same class, perhaps, that made the "Bulwarks of Slavery," until the people, men and women, cried out in a majority, "Away with it."
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They, the objectors, are of the same class, perhaps, that made the "Bulwarks of Slavery," until the people, men and women, cried out in a majority, "Away with it."
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They, the objectors, are of the same class, perhaps, that made the "Bulwarks of Slavery," until the people, men and women, cried out in a majority, "Away with it."
Suffrage for Women. 1870
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Catterpillars of a Commonwealth; setting up the Flag of Defiance to their mischievous exercise, and overthrowing their Bulwarks, by
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856
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