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"Ay, ay," said uncle Glegg, meaning to give a playful turn to this denunciation, "she must be sent to jail, I think, and they'll cut the rest of her hair off there, and make it all even."
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Ay, ay, said uncle Glegg, meaning to give a playful turn to this denunciation, she must be sent to jail, I think, and theyll cut the rest of her hair off there, and make it all even.
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"Ay, ay," said uncle Glegg, meaning to give a playful turn to this denunciation, "she must be sent to jail, I think, and they'll cut the rest of her hair off there, and make it all even."
The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1849
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At a news conference Thursday in London, Glegg said he hopes a wide-ranging judicial inquiry will help "clean up the murky practices and dodgy relationships which have taken root at the very heart of the British establishment."
British Deputy PM Hopes Hacking Probe Will Lead to Clean Up 2011
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Brock sent Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonell and Captain Glegg to General Hull, under a flag of truce; demanding the surrender of Detroit.
Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada Ethel T. Raymond
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But immediately afterward Maggie had reflected that if she drove many nails in she would not be so well able to fancy that the head was hurt when she knocked it against the wall, nor to comfort it, and make believe to poultice it, when her fury was abated; for even aunt Glegg would be pitiable when she had been hurt very much, and thoroughly humiliated, so as to beg her niece's pardon.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Major Glegg were accordingly sent over to the American General's tent where, in a few minutes, the terms of capitulation were signed, sealed, and delivered in duplicate, one copy for the information of His
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charles Roger
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I'll tell your aunt Glegg and your aunt Pullet when they come next week, and they'll never love you any more.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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The last nail had been driven in with a fiercer stroke than usual, for the Fetish on that occasion represented Aunt Glegg.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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One of the best pen-portraits extant of Tecumseh is by Captain Glegg, who thus describes him upon this occasion of his presentation to Brock:
Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada Ethel T. Raymond
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