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I have never pictured a character more contented with himself than the "Scarabee" of this story.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I have never pictured a character more contented with himself than the "Scarabee" of this story.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Clockwise from left, Bottega Veneta; Prada; Goyard; Mandarina Duck Clockwise from left, Bottega Veneta's Scarabee bag in light iridescent leather ( £ 2,450); Prada backpack in camouflage print with bespoke lettering ( £ 590); Goyard's Ambassade 24h bag (price upon request); and a Mandarina Duck work trolley case ( £ 310).
Luggage: An Open and Shut Case Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Bottega Veneta's Scarabee convertible bag in light iridescent leather £ 2,450: Amazingly light, stylish and capacious, you could pack a baby elephant in here — well, OK, maybe a couple of kittens and a hair dryer.
Luggage: An Open and Shut Case Tina Gaudoin 2011
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The Scarabee had a valid _apologia pro vita sua_ in spite of Dr. Holmes.
A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1902
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Had he not made preparations of the very coleoptera the Scarabee studied so exclusively, -- preparations which the illustrious Swammerdam would not have been ashamed of, and dissected a melolontha as exquisitely as Strauss Durckheim himself ever did it?
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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It is quite certain that both of us, the Master and myself, conceived on the instant a respect for the Scarabee which we had not before felt.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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-- On my left, beyond my next neighbor the Scarabee, at the end of the table, sits a person of whom we know little, except that he carries about him more palpable reminiscences of tobacco and the allied sources of comfort than a very sensitive organization might find acceptable.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The Scarabee was reassured as soon as he saw our faces, and he welcomed us not ungraciously into his small apartment.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The Scarabee rose from his chair and departed; -- I thought his joints creaked as he straightened himself.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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