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“Blut und Eisen!” he shouted, and then, as if in derision,
The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
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Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision,
Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson
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Spared not in after-years the subtle taunt and derision,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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Set him at his comrades 'head; so we called him, in derision,
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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As Bright-Wits advanced to the throne, Garrofat cried out with derision,
Bright-Wits, Prince of Mogadore Burren Laughlin
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When Stephen of Colonna fell into the hands of his base assailants, and they asked him in derision,
How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon
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Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision,
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin
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"You're not sports," said the Tennessee Shad in languid derision,
The Varmint Owen Johnson 1915
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"Mesdames," said he, his very tone an insult in its brutal derision,
The Trampling of the Lilies Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision,
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