Common-wealth

But Mrs Hannah Popplewell was a double stroke of good fortune, first because her presence in Harper's Ferry, which afforded me a refuge, was a chance in a thousand, and secondly because she was one of those insatiable ornaments of her sex who would rather gallop than go to church, and just what I needed after a hard night's rebellion against the Common-wealth of Virginia.

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They perverted justice; they were “cursed hungry Caterpillars,” whose fees “eat out the very Bowels of our Common-wealth.”

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

They perverted justice; they were “cursed hungry Caterpillars,” whose fees “eat out the very Bowels of our Common-wealth.”

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

They perverted justice; they were “cursed hungry Caterpillars,” whose fees “eat out the very Bowels of our Common-wealth.”

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

It being an ancient truism that commerce treads hard on the heels of exploration, many of the great Common-wealth trading houses already had representatives at work on Senisran.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

He was shorter than the Common-wealth average, slim but well built, his olive-hued skin reflective of his ethnic heritage.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

Common-wealth commercial interests wanted the vacillating situa'tion on Parramat resolved so they could move in and exploit the exceptional ore deposits that lay beneath the archipelago as soon as possible-in an environmentally and socially sensitive manner, of course.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

Just as Fawn had warned him, they wanted nothing to do with the benefits being proffered either by the Common-wealth or the Empire.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

All were inhabited, but thus far only Ririroarak and Seri'seri had been visited by representatives of the Common-wealth.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

But Mrs Hannah Popplewell was a double stroke of good fortune, first because her presence in Harper's Ferry, which afforded me a refuge, was a chance in a thousand, and secondly because she was one of those insatiable ornaments of her sex who would rather gallop than go to church, and just what I needed after a hard night's rebellion against the Common-wealth of Virginia.

Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995