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Chaff is not bad to sleep in when it is clean, not so good as hay but better than straw.
Homage to Catalonia 1938
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"Chaff" is unfortunately beneath the dignity of a Royal Society obituary.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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"Chaff" is unfortunately beneath the dignity of a Royal
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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"Chaff" was a very cheap order of wit, and the serenity of his disposition enabled him to shake off its effect as readily as water is scattered from the plumage of the duck.
Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Charles King 1888
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A full version is available at The Wheat and Chaff.
Matt Bieber: Religion And Reckless Courage: Activist Val Kalende On The Fight For LGBT Rights In Uganda Matt Bieber 2011
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A full version is available at The Wheat and Chaff.
Matt Bieber: Religion And Reckless Courage: Activist Val Kalende On The Fight For LGBT Rights In Uganda Matt Bieber 2011
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A sieve retains all the good and discards the Chaff.
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Wheat and Chaff by Kimmo Salonen on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 6: 54: 14 PM
Violent Jesus 2009
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Schmidt, from The Wheat and the Chaff, December 9, 2001
Separating the wheat from the chaff doyle 2009
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Schmidt, from The Wheat and the Chaff, December 9, 2001
Archive 2009-03-01 doyle 2009
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