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"Margary," said her mother, "take the pitcher now, and fetch me some fresh, cool water from the well, and I will cook the porridge for supper."
The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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Super Mario Mushroom sculpted by Jamie Margary on sale at eBay.
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It was the result of the murder by local tribesmen of interpreter Augustus Margary (184675), who had been serving with a British railway survey team in Yunnan near the Burmese border.
1864-89 2001
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As I sit down now, on the very spot where Margary, of the British Consulate Service was murdered in 1875, I regret that I have sacrificed a great deal to secure most of the photographs which decorate this section of my book.
Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926
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G.T. Grosvenor, A. Davenport, and E.C. Baber, was sent to Yun-nan to witness the trial and the punishment of the murderers of Margary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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It almost spoiled the Margary affair, it threatened the French Treaty no less seriously.
Sir Robert Hart Bredon, Juliet 1910
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The I. G.'s association with the great Li Hung Chang by no means ceased after the Margary affair.
Sir Robert Hart Bredon, Juliet 1910
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In 1873 his only son was born; 1875 was marked by the beginning of the famous Margary affair, and in 1878 he went as President of the Chinese Commission to the Paris Exhibition.
Sir Robert Hart Bredon, Juliet 1910
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In 1875 the famous Margary affair, destined to become so complicated later on, first appeared upon the stage of politics in the simplest possible form.
Sir Robert Hart Bredon, Juliet 1910
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It was here that Margary, the British Consular Agent, was murdered in 1875.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895
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