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I was condemned to hear all out: finally, he reached the “First of the Seventy-First.”
Wuthering Heights 2002
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I went from Charlie Battery, Third of the Seventy-First, to Delta Battery, Third of the Seventy-First, to a different location to Fortsheim, West Germany, and I was the integrated fire control platoon leader.
In the Men's House 1990
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The Second Dragoon Guards had provided a mounted escort, the Seventy-First Foot had marched with the wagons, the local militia had lined the streets, and every military band for miles round had played patriotic airs.
Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962
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Light-Infantry of the first battalion of the Seventy-First Regiment, had the misfortune to fall into the hands of some other privateers, and were carried into Marblehead the 10th instant.
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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In case of a cartel is established, the following return is, as near as I can effect, the number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and private men of the Seventy-First Regiment who are prisoners-of-war at and in the neighborhood of Boston:
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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On the right wing stood two companies of artillery, then a company of sappers and miners, after this, the Sixty-Eighth, and lastly, the Seventy-First
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868
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We were journeying to hear the famous Jabes Branderham preach from the text, "Seventy Times Seven," and either Joseph the preacher or I had committed the "First of the Seventy-First," and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated.
Wuthering Heights 1847
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Finally, he reached the "First of the Seventy-First."
Wuthering Heights 1847
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I saw a red ornamented title -- 'Seventy Times Seven, and the First of the Seventy-First.'
Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833
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Seven; 'and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the' First of the Seventy-First, 'and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated.
Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833
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