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In fact, my parents tell me that all the kids now are real excited by somebody new they've just discovered called Duke.
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They knew well her secret, and always (for who can be long in England without becoming sentimental?) they cherished the hope of a romantic union between her and "a certain young gentleman," as they archly called the Duke.
Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914
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They knew well her secret, and always (for who can be long in England without becoming sentimental?) they cherished the hope of a romantic union between her and "a certain young gentleman," as they archly called the Duke.
Zuleika Dobson 1911
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I had a dog which had been given me when he was quite young, soon after my arrival at the Hermitage, and which I had called Duke.
The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896
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On the morrow of their arrival he took them to a great lord in authority, who was called a Duke.
Red Eve Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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I had a dog which had been given me when he was quite young, soon after my arrival at the Hermitage, and which I had called Duke.
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And I'm just proud to be on the program tonight with my colleague and friend, "Duke."
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a hand at lasquenet in a company which included a nobleman whom for obvious reasons I will only call the Duke.
Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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I got the plug I was driving, for he did not recognize the "Duke."
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol
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His companion was a young man of small build, but spirited, good-looking face -- De La Lande, schoolmaster of the village, a son of the farmer "Duke."
The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making Wilfrid Ch��teauclair
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