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  • This was unfortunate because it recalled Tregear to the

    The Duke's Children 2004

  • That a Tregear should be a Conservative was perhaps natural enough -- at any rate, was not disgraceful; that he should have his political creed sufficiently at heart to be able to persuade another man, was to his credit.

    The Duke's Children Anthony Trollope 1848

  • This was unfortunate, because it recalled Tregear to the Duke's mind.

    The Duke's Children Anthony Trollope 1848

  • "Tregear," he said, -- and even that was an effort, for he had never hitherto mentioned the man's name without the formal

    The Duke's Children Anthony Trollope 1848

  • For this, he was forced to look elsewhere, largely following in the wake of his vivacious elder sister Alfhild, and her friend the clever, larger-than-life Alfred Tregear Chenhalls, who worked as business manager for the actor Leslie Howard.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • Incidentally, the above-linked reference site also says that in 1891 Tregear became "the first secretary of Labour in the world," and gives this pleasing anecdote:During the 1913 waterfront & general strike, Edward sided with the strikers against the farmers' constabulary recruited by Massey.

    languagehat.com: TREGEAR ONLINE. 2005

  • As Tregear had said there was quite a family party in Carlton

    The Duke's Children 2004

  • Silverbridge had been long enough in the House to appreciate; — but to Tregear the House was simply the

    The Duke's Children 2004

  • Tregear when he heard this became hot all over, and felt that he could not restrain his blushes.

    The Duke's Children 2004

  • ‘A man should never refuse anything of that kind which comes his way,’ Tregear said.

    The Duke's Children 2004

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