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[2] A nickname given George after he published the poem Thetford Chalybeate Spa.
Letter 413 2009
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So this lady across the hall, Mrs. Violet Pruitt, old farm lady, taught English, lived in Chalybeate Springs which is near Fuquay, came across the hall one day and she said to me, "I want to ask you one question."
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Continuing on towards the Chalybeate Spring, we pass Westcliff, and come to the ROYAL SANDROCK HOTEL, placed in a most beautiful and commanding situation; it will be readily distinguished by its ample verandah, mantled with the choicest creepers.
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Chalybeate waters, pools in marshes near ironstone, &c, abound in bacteria, some of which belong to the remarkable genera _Crenothrix_, _Cladothrix_ and _Leptothrix_, and contain ferric oxide, _i. e._ rust, in their cell-walls.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Chalybeate waters, it must be acknowledged, have effected very extraordinary cures in certain cases.
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Chalybeate Spring, -- affording the best idea of the romantic character of that part of the Isle of Wight.
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Chalybeate Springs, July 31, 1877; p. John and Edith (Spence); m.
Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924
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Chalybeate as positively to endanger the existence of any apoplectic reader, who presumed to peruse the chapter which dealt with this resort.
The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918
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I even danced with you once, some seven years ago, -- yes, at the Green Chalybeate.
The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918
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Then I ordered Byam to pack and, by various unveracious representations, induced my Uncle George Bulmer -- as a sort of visible and outward sign that I forgave him for declining to lend me another penny -- to accompany me to the Green Chalybeate.
The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918
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