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I approached the Everard Range from the south-westward, having found a good watering-place, which I called Verney's Wells, in that direction.
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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Perdita and Evadne's strength is mirrored in Verney's wife as well.
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When Idris falls victim to the plague, Verney is appropriately disconsolate, but by the end of the story she is one of a series of losses.
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A further destabilization occurs in Verney's hope, expressed almost at the end of the book, for the existence of
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What is lacking in Verney's England, but critical to its success, is a system that prepares the populace for republican government; and a republican government, that like Mary Shelley and her circle, was genuinely engaged and concerned with world politics.
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They met many friends, including Captain Verney Lovett Cameron.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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I turned angrily away: "Verney," said Adrian, "you are very cynical: sit down; or if you will not, perhaps, as you are not a frequent visitor, Lord Raymond will humour you, and accompany us, as we had previously agreed upon, to parliament."
I.9 1826
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I turned angrily away: "Verney," said Adrian, "you are very cynical: sit down; or if you will not, perhaps, as you are not a frequent visitor, Lord Raymond will humour you, and accompany us, as we had previously agreed upon, to parliament."
The Last Man 1826
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"Verney," he said, "I spoke just now in an unrestrained manner, because you -- you" -- his voice trembled -- "have shaken my faith in all I hold most dear.
The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908
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"Verney," he said, "I spoke just now in an unrestrained manner, because you -- you" -- his voice trembled -- "have shaken my faith in all I hold most dear.
The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908
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