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For ten years he labored, pursuing, capturing and taming buffalo, for which the West gave him fame, and the name Preserver of the American Bison.
The Last of the Plainsmen Zane Grey 1905
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Spirittine Wood Preserver, which is an oil obtained from the destructive distillation of pine heart.
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I, whom men call the Preserver of Life, have demeaned myself by being found in evil company; and, although I have done no other wrong, I suffer rightly for the doings of this mischief-maker with whom I have stooped to have fellowship.
The Story of Siegfried James Baldwin 1883
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The worshipers of Vishnu, called the Preserver, the first-born of Brahma, constitute the most extensive sect of India, and their ideas relating to this form of the Divinity are represented by tradition and poetry, and are particularly developed in the great monuments of Sanskrit literature.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853
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"Preserver," exclaimed Bill, grasping him by the hand.
The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff Norman Lindsay 1924
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"Preserver" of the Hindu trinity who rode on its back.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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Like other agricultural communities they were worshippers of the "World Mother", the Creatrix, who was the giver of all good things, the "Preserver" and also the
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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Mithras -- the Savior, the great Persian Deity which was worshipped as the "Preserver," was both female and male.
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"Preserver," but the "Rejuvenator" of mankind, is rather a _blind_, and was an interpretation given to the common people, or the "profane."
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Another surprise occurred in 2002, when a researcher examining the area close to Lieutenant Dixon found a misshapen $20 gold piece, minted in 1860, with the inscription Shiloh April 6, 1862 My life Preserver G.
AS SEEN ON TV: THE CREW OF THE H.L. HUNLEY Toby O'B 2010
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