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"By the by," he said, "I thought I saw that son of yours -- wasn't his name Elbridge, or something of that sort?
Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family Cornelius Mathews 1853
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Elbridge, that is Beany you know, was kind to flise and insex of all kinds and if we was all like
Brite and Fair Worth Brehm 1899
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"I recollect this fellow," Oliver continued, referring to the red rooster, "When I was here last he was called Elbridge's bird, that was the year before last."
Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family Cornelius Mathews 1853
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Beany he hollered, well if J. Albert Clark needs the money more than I do he can have it. well while we was hollering mister Head and the Head girls who was setting on their steps got up and went into the house laffing, and the company at J. Alberts all laffed, and J. Albert came down and beckoned to Beany and Beany he went running over to get his 10 cents and J. Albert he said, Elbridge, that is Beanys name, Elbridge you cood have your money enny time if you had asked me for it decently, but now i shall not pay you for a week and i shall not imploy you enny more.
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In a review of the Acton-Perkovich pro-abolition book, Elbridge Colby, recently a START-follow-on-treaty negotiator, wondered whether Zero was an unquestioned good: Such a prospect seems neither plausible nor particularly appealing.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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And to intelligent skeptics of abolitionism such as Elbridge Colby, Anne Applebaum, Peter Berkowitz, and Bret Stephens, whose arguments challenged the Zeroistas and forced me to sharpen my thinking on the question.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Elbridge Gerry approved a map of state Senate districts, one of which resembled a salamander.
There Comes a Time When People Just Have to Set Boundaries Danny Yadron 2011
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Suddenly, as Elbridge Colby, who served recently in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and has recently been engaged in the renegotiation of the START treaty, told me, it looks as if deterrence is under attack by critics “from left and right.”
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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And to intelligent skeptics of abolitionism such as Elbridge Colby, Anne Applebaum, Peter Berkowitz, and Bret Stephens, whose arguments challenged the Zeroistas and forced me to sharpen my thinking on the question.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Suddenly, as Elbridge Colby, who served recently in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and has recently been engaged in the renegotiation of the START treaty, told me, it looks as if deterrence is under attack by critics “from left and right.”
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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