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  • I stayed some time in Sydney, and then came over to Port Phillip, now so widely known as Marvellous

    The Mystery of a Hansom Cab 2003

  • Marvellous, that is, until I saw old Anna struggling in the grip of the proprietor, her hand pointing imploringly at me and screaming blue murder.

    The Vatican Rip Gash, Jonathan 1981

  • There follows one, at the very End of the first Book, which is what the French Criticks call Marvellous, but at the same time probable by reason of the Passage last mentioned.

    The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700

  • "Marvellous," he declares, like a conjuror delighted with his trick.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • "Marvellous," he declares, like a conjuror delighted with his trick.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • "Marvellous" Marvin Hagler, 43, in South Africa to commentate at a boxing tournament to be held near Pretoria on Saturday, and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • She used to murmur, "Marvellous," and feel that it was not enough.

    The Enchanted April 1922

  • "Marvellous," he whispered, and seemed to forget my presence.

    Lord Jim 1899

  • "Marvellous," he whispered, and seemed to forget my presence.

    Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 1890

  • Take 'Marvellous' Marvin Hagler, 62-3-2 (52 KOs) for example.

    Voice Online 2010

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