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After this, he was had to his arraignment before the archbishop, sitting within the towre, and being condemned, was from thence drawne with horsses to the place of execution called the Elmes, [Sidenote: He is executed.] and there hanged on a gibet, with nine of his adherents, which had defended the church against the kings power: [Sidenote: _Wil.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Raphael Holinshed
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I've been here for years and it used to be a case of trying as hard as possible not to reveal too much detail about the format you are trying to sell for fear of it being ripped off, says Matt Elmes, a China-based consultant executive producer on a new show called Happy Choirs based on a well-known UK format.
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Shot by "Blue Velvet's" Frederick Elmes and designed by Mark Friedberg, who collaborated on the hallucinatory sets for "Across the Universe," "Synecdoche" was a challenging first project.
New Photos From Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Celia Elmes, an English teacher at his high school, said she still remembers Dunkleberger's "infectious grin."
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(Potteries usage)Incidentally, in the lead-in to the Elmes quote, the word minging is used; for those who, like myself, were wondering how it's pronounced, it rhymes with singing and is Scots in origin, meaning (according to the OED) That smells bad, stinking; (more generally) unpleasant, foul.
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The page with the Elmes quote also has a list of "delicious words" and phrases, one of which I intend to start using immediately:Crimes o' Paris - exclamation, used as expression of exasperation, as in 'Crimes of Paris!
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Alabama St-K Williams 9 pass from Kennedy (Elmes kick)
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Alabama St-Coleman 4 pass from Kennedy (Elmes kick)
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Alabama St-K Williams 29 pass from Kennedy (Elmes kick)
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Alabama St-Hunley 5 pass from Kennedy (Elmes kick)
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