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Colonel Winsloe held the camp throughout the war, surrendering only after an armistice was declared.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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Lieutenant Watling was wounded the command of the company for the remainder of the night of the 26th, and till Lieutenant Winsloe returned on the 27th, devolved on Lieutenant E.N. Manley, R.E. He performed his duties with great credit, and afterwards was of great assistance, by his zeal and his exertions, to Lieutenant Winsloe.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Winston S. Churchill 1919
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People said that she gave up young Winsloe because her aunts disapproved of her leaving them; but such disapproval as reached her was an emanation from the walls of the House, from the bare desk, the faded portraits, the dozen yellowing tomes that no hand but hers ever lifted from the shelf.
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The curious thing was that she should have thought it worth while to find excuses for young Winsloe.
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The village had barely framed this modus vivendi when it was convulsed by the announcement that young Winsloe declined to live in the House on any terms.
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It would certainly seem a little odd to see a man in the House, but young Winsloe would of course understand that the Doctor's books were not to be disturbed, and that he must go down to the orchard to smoke.
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People said that she gave up young Winsloe because her aunts disapproved of her leaving them; but such disapproval as reached her was an emanation from the walls of the House, from the bare desk, the faded portraits, the dozen yellowing tomes that no hand but hers ever lifted from the shelf.
Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899
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The village had barely framed this _modus vivendi_ when it was convulsed by the announcement that young Winsloe declined to live in the House on any terms.
Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899
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The curious thing was that she should have thought it worth while to find excuses for young Winsloe.
Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899
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It would certainly seem a little odd to see a man in the House, but young Winsloe would of course understand that the
Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899
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