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The Hoste Arms is well-named because Paul was the consummate host - eager to sit down for a catch-up every time I called by.
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And here it is worth wliile to refleA well knowing that to be impoifible; but, fuppofing a litde upon the wife contrivance of nature, in. thus him already acquainted wjth the idea, and only igno - fumifhing us with the very apteft means of commu - nut of the name by. which it is calledji we either mea - nicating our thoughts ..
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“I’ve often heard Dinah talk of her, but I can’t remember what name she called her by.
Adam Bede 2004
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Yes Barbour should run for President the more nuts the better as it gives Obama a larger number to win by.
Think Progress » Norquist says Haley Barbour ‘is not completely fluent in English.’ 2010
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Nope, couldn't "buy" PA, but certainly knocked Hillary off her altar there. 10% is half of what she was supposed to win by.
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I still call many of them by the names I grew up hearing them called by.
McCain Explains Czechoslovakia Gaffe ... And Explains ... And Explains 2009
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Fact for fact fans: some of Jake Gyllenhaal's voice on new Persia trailer is actually dubbed by...
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time International Movie Trailer | /Film 2009
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We have a naming ceremony on Monday where each of us will recieve a Gambian name that we will be called by.
Man ci kowam ndanka ndanka. Mandy Penner 2006
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One of the greatest evils done to the natives of the Americas is the name they are called by.
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We have a naming ceremony on Monday where each of us will recieve a Gambian name that we will be called by.
Archive 2006-10-01 Mandy Penner 2006
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