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Ravenshaw offered to resign his to me, it was impossible to take it, you know.
Mansfield Park 2004
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One of these is that (see illustration) due to Messrs. Trotter & Ravenshaw, and applicable to shunt or series machines.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various
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Ravenshaw and his comrades in eager pursuit, he deemed it advisable for various reasons to alter the costume and general appearance of his captive, and for that purpose took him to a sequestered spot in the bushes outside the camp.
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Ravenshaw and his party crossed a stony place where Victor's horse tripped and rolled over, causing the rider to execute a somersault which laid him flat upon the plain, compelling the party to encamp there for three days until he was sufficiently recovered to resume the journey.
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"What have you got there?" asked Ravenshaw, as German went staggering past.
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"I'll see both carioles smashed to atoms first!" thought Ravenshaw, grinding his teeth.
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Old Ravenshaw, as his familiars styled him, was a settler, if we may use such a term in reference to one who was, perhaps, among the most unsettled of men.
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Seated there with feelings of awe and anxiety, the Ravenshaw household passed the night in silence.
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Ravenshaw and his friends arrived at the settlement.
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"Oh! they always talk of starving," said old Ravenshaw.
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