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Banks have a basic tenet of serving public good and holding the common's man trust in civil society.
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"Yes, but common's used mainly for ile and soap, th 'Yankees put it inter hard yaller soap,' case it makes it weigh, an 'yer folks is up ter them doin's," and he looked at me and gave a sly laugh.
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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'Yes, but common's used mainly for ile and soap; th' Yankees put it inter hard yaller soap, 'case it makes it weigh, an' yer folks is up ter them doin's, and he looked at me and gave a sly laugh.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Their eyes began to shine with the expectation of immediate triumph, when, thirty yards from the common's edge, in a sudden access of caution, he bolted for covert and disappeared in the gorse sixty yards away on their left.
The Terrible Twins Edgar Jepson 1900
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And the road by the common's the brave road to tread;
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 Various 1898
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They did walk faster, and in a minute more were at the common's end.
Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885
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Though every common's gone and though traps are set to kill
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript John Clare 1828
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These last reasons, enforced by the prejudices of party, prevailed in parliament; and the common's, besides giving thanks for the king's speech, voted unanimously, that they would settle on his present majesty during life all the revenue enjoyed by the late king at the time of his demise.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. David Hume 1743
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Some of the protestors acted like beggars to draw Centre's attention to common's man actual condition.
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The quackers creature became trapped in a fishing line by one of the common's ponds, before two officers paddled over to free it in an operation at midday on Sunday.
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