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  • Doña Josefa is truly a good soul, and very fit for our Houses.

    The Letters of St. Teresa 1902

  • With a full purse of "pesos" -- a sixth of which would pay all expenses -- and the prospect of meeting with Antonio, the rough carreta seemed all at once transformed to an elegant coach, with springs and velvet cushions, -- such as Josefa had heard of, but had never seen!

    The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850

  • "Josefa," -- to another of the servants -- "run and desire your mistress to come here immediately."

    Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

  • "Well, captain; only very shortly after she arrived at the house of the woman, a carreta came up to the door, driven by a Tagno, and the girl -- that is, the daughter, who is called Josefa -- mounted into the carreta, taking the guera along with her; and off they went down below.

    The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850

  • The News caught up with the San Miguel de Allende branch manager Josefa Jonguitud while she made a sales pitch during breakfast on Wednesday to local real estate vendors group SMARE led by John Hendricks.

    CI Banco targets foreign nationals 2009

  • Two of the other victims of the crash, Karen Blyden-Decastro, 46, and Josefa Torres, 78, were from Queens, according to the Virginia State Police.

    Bus Crash Victims Named Andrew Grossman 2011

  • I want people to stop what they're doing, said Josefa Campos, explaining why she volunteered.

    Senior volunteers work to detect, prevent Medicare fraud 2011

  • The recent maneuverings resulting in getting rid of incompetent Josefa Iloilo to make way of useless Epeli Nailatikau and news that liumuri, veivolitaki Epeli Mataitini or no hoper Tui Wei Talemo maybe in the running for VP post.

    Global Voices in English » Fiji: President announces retirement 2009

  • I want people to stop what they're doing, said Josefa Campos, explaining why she volunteered.

    Senior volunteers work to detect, prevent Medicare fraud 2011

  • Town mayors and local elected officials lead townspeople in parks and plazas in cheers for the heroes of the war that freed Mexico from Spanish rule, including Hidalgo, Jose Morelos y Pavon, and Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez.

    September in Mexico: El Mes de la Patria 2009

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