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"You're awfully raw, Bert Wanhope, an 'I won't have anything more to do with you -- there!"
CHAPTER V 2010
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The talk wandered on, a monologue on Mary's part, that centered always on Bert Wanhope.
CHAPTER II 2010
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And ther ben certeyn men in every town, that serven of non other thing; and thei clepen hem Cadeberiz, that is to seyne, the foles of Wanhope.
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And ther ben certeyn men in every town, that serven of non other thing; and thei clepen hem Cadeberiz, that is to seyne, the foles of Wanhope.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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"You're awfully raw, Bert Wanhope, an 'I won't have anything more to do with you -- there!"
Chapter 5 1913
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The talk wandered on, a monologue on Mary's part, that centered always on Bert Wanhope.
Chapter 2 1913
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Wanhope broke off, "did you happen to see Hauptmann's 'Hånnele' when it was here?"
Questionable Shapes William Dean Howells 1878
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Wanhope desisted with a provisional air, and Rulledge went and got
Questionable Shapes William Dean Howells 1878
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Wanhope had that distant look in his eyes which warned his familiars of a possible excursion, and I said, in the hope of keeping him from it, "Then isn't there a turn of phrase somewhat analogous to that in a personification?"
Questionable Shapes William Dean Howells 1878
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Poor women! "said Wanhope, musingly," they are not always cross when they scold.
Questionable Shapes William Dean Howells 1878
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