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He was a small, withered man, grown old in Giffard's service, and utterly trustworthy.
The Raven In The Foregate Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986
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I'm left with Giffard's household, where the boy's embassage may have been a none too well-kept secret, and where there's a very pleasing young woman, of the Empress's faction by blood, and bold and determined enough to choose differently from her step-father.
The Raven In The Foregate Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986
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And Jerome baulked like a hound at a loss, and came scuttling back, aghast that he'd as good as howled accusation at Giffard's own groom, waiting honestly for his master.
The Raven In The Foregate Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986
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Giffard's steam-driven airship; it was capable of carrying fourteen men, who, apart from these engaged in driving the propeller, had to manipulate the pumps which controlled the air bags inside the gas envelope.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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Maxim, in Artificial and Natural Flight, details the engine which he constructed for use with his giant experimental flying machine, and his description is worthy of reproduction since it is that of the only steam engine besides Giffard's, and apart from those used for the propulsion of models, designed for driving an aeroplane.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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The Worcester feud lasted down to the bishop's death, and reached such a height that when, in 1300, Archbishop Winchelsey visited the priory, the monks presented a formal accusation against the bishop containing thirty-six articles of varying importance to which Giffard's satisfactory answers are still extant.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Giffard's predecessors had had continual trouble with the same priory.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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I found a letter from Mrs. Fenton here, desiring me, in Lady Giffard's name, to come and pass a week at Sheen, while she is at Moor Park.
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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Mrs. Fenton has written me another letter about some money of hers in Lady Giffard's hands, that is entrusted to me by my mother, not to come to her husband.
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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Esther Johnson, the unfortunate Stella, was Lady Giffard's maid.
The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 Parry, Edward A 1901
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