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  • "Swansdown," said Ned, alarmed by the suggestion which I had forced so confidently upon him, and therefore rising into a tone of anger, "is the most preposterous ass -- the most lackered, tinselled pretender -- the most unflavoured coxcomb in Virginia.

    Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. 1832

  • Swansdown always sounds soft and cuddly and light.

    Regency Fashion - February Michele Ann Young 2009

  • Swansdown always sounds soft and cuddly and light.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Michele Ann Young 2009

  • Cyril Pearl, in his highly entertaining 1955 book The Girl with the Swansdown Seat, describes Smith and Mudie as ‘hymn-bawling Nonconformists who exercised a censorship as absolute in its way as that of the Holy Office.’

    Archive 2004-04-01 Michael Allen 2004

  • Cyril Pearl, in his highly entertaining 1955 book The Girl with the Swansdown Seat, describes Smith and Mudie as ‘hymn-bawling Nonconformists who exercised a censorship as absolute in its way as that of the Holy Office.’

    W.H. Smith and the art of selling books Michael Allen 2004

  • Cyril Pearl, in his highly entertaining 1955 book The Girl with the Swansdown Seat, describes Smith and Mudie as ‘hymn-bawling Nonconformists who exercised a censorship as absolute in its way as that of the Holy Office.’

    April 2004 Michael Allen 2004

  • One of the results was that the national demand which was created for Swansdown Flour made it a leader in its field.

    Growing Pains 1952

  • Our speaker today is president of one of the largest manufacturers of packaged food products in the world and when I mention such household names as Baker's Chocolate, Swansdown Flour, Grapenuts, Postum, Maxwell House Coffee, Certo, Post Bran Flakes, and Jello, you will know immediately just how remarkably successful the General Foods Corporation has been in gaining public acceptance for its brands, in a highly competitive market.

    Growing Pains 1952

  • In the exhibits in this department daintier manipulation and more regard for purity of foods was shown than in the past, and in the construction of individual booths Mrs. Buchanan's pickles, Mrs. Gautz (Northwestern Yeast Company), and Mrs. Haffner's Swansdown flour deserve special mention.

    Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

  • Lady Swansdown, he is honestly convinced, cares as little for him as he for her.

    April's Lady A Novel Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

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