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Examples
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He cringed before Dirkovitch as instinctively as he had pressed the spring of the candlestick, sought the picture of the drum-horse, and answered to the Queens toast.
The Man Who Was 1907
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He is the piebald drum-horse, the king of the regimental band, that served the regiment for seven-and-thirty years, and in the end was shot for old age.
The Man Who Was 1907
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Then all the men spoke to one another something after this fashion, 'The drum-horse hasn't hung over the mantelpiece since' 67. '
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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He cringed before Dirkovitch as instinctively as he had pressed the spring of the candlestick, sought the picture of the drum-horse, and answered to the toast of the Queen.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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He is the piebald drum-horse, the king of the regimental band, that served the regiment for seven-and-thirty years, and in the end was shot for old age.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Dirkovitch as instinctively as he had pressed the spring of the candlestick, sought the picture of the drum-horse, and answered to the toast of the Queen.
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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He is the piebald drum-horse, the king of the regimental band, that served the regiment for seven-and - thirty years, and in the end was shot for old age.
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Then all the men spoke to one another something after this fashion, 'The drum-horse hasn't hung over the mantelpiece since' 67. '
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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