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  • An affidavit had been sworn -- which, after he left the house, Wicks, the clerk, was sent off to swear -- Then, Sir Frank, adds: "After all, this is merely given _as the statement of Wicks_ -- _on whose testimony not much reliance can be placed_."

    Bardell v. Pickwick Charles Dickens 1841

  • Seattle race car driver Russ Wicks is the only person to drive a boat and a car over 200 mph.

    How technology drives this speed demon 2007

  • Energy minister Malcolm Wicks is also playing down the EU element.

    We are all very grateful… Richard 2006

  • Andy Wicks is a forty-something father of two who’s tried everything to quit smoking — from going cold turkey, to the latest patches and nicotine chewing gums — so he figures he’ll give this hypnosis thing a try.

    David Wain to Direct Too Cool to Be Forgotten? | /Film 2010

  • Amy Michaels (ph), who owns a mall store called Wicks'n'Sticks remains optimistic.

    CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2001 2001

  • Mr. Wicks is a TV personality with his own syndicated series.

    Up the Empire—Interbreeding for a Better World 1978

  • "By the way, which of you is called Wicks?" he asked easily.

    The Wrecker 1898

  • One of the most beautiful points of view which Britain, or perhaps the world, can afford is, or rather we may say was, the prospect from a spot called the Wicks of Baiglie, being a species of niche at which the traveller arrived, after a long stage from Kinross, through a waste and uninteresting country, and from which, as forming

    The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

  • "Wicks," repeated the doctor; "which of you is he?

    The Wrecker 1898

  • Nag on the Lake: Jenny Wicks 'pictures of redheads

    Jenny Wicks' pictures of redheads The Nag 2009

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