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They all set up a laugh when they see us, and one chuckle-headed Joskin (that I hated for it) made the bidding,
Doctor Marigold 2007
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They all set up a laugh when they see us, and one chuckle-headed Joskin (that I hated for it) made the bidding,
Doctor Marigold 2007
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But there is a sequel in which he returns and redeems himself, not by repentance but through attempting an engineering work that holds back the flood waters and makes them do man's bidding,
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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O lord of the bright Danes, will fall to my bidding,
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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The dealer of rings, since the boon thou art bidding,
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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Then rathe was beroomed, as the rich one was bidding,
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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Tigris and Euphrates shall, from now on, flow at his bidding,
Poems 1918-21 1921
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Every atom of the car will be responsive to your bidding,
Something Else Again 1920
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‘Then rathe was beroom’d, as the rich one was bidding,
The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919
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Brokers on 'Change shouted across a slow day's bidding,
Success A Novel Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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