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No wonder, General, the fish got off: the barb's gone from the hook.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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The Badawi mounts (ii. 263) an impossible Arab with mane and tail like the barb's in pictures.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Now was the time if the _ruse_ was to be attempted, and Frank drew a deep breath as he advanced towards the Emir, while as he passed him he made a quick, hurried gesture to the assembled followers, waving his hand to them to give way and leave him room to have a gallop round the court, at the same moment pressing the barb's sides so that it broke into a canter at once, careering along with the scarlet plume sweeping out, and once again there was a loud, eager cry.
In the Mahdi's Grasp George Manville Fenn 1870
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