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As Pinto looked at it — Mr. Gale was not in the room, I recollect; happening to have been just called out by a customer who offered him three pound fourteen and sixpence for a blue Shepherd in pate tendre, — Mr. Pinto gave a little start, and seemed crispe for a moment.
Roundabout Papers 2006
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Je suis faible entre deux etat, j'ai mal partout que ca m'en crispe la machoire, tous mes muscles se contractent, j'ai affreusement soif et je ne peux pas bouger du tout.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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As Pinto looked at it -- Mr. Gale was not in the room, I recollect; happening to have been just called out by a customer who offered him three pound fourteen and sixpence for a blue Shepherd in pate tendre, -- Mr. Pinto gave a little start, and seemed crispe for a moment.
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Julian Hawthorne 1890
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As Pinto looked at it -- Mr. Gale was not in the room, I recollect; happening to have been just called out by a customer who offered him three pound fourteen and sixpence for a blue Shepherd in pate tendre, -- Mr. Pinto gave a little start, and seemed crispe for a moment.
Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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1795: Leaue your crispe channels, and on this green-Land
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