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  • Brilliana had much ado to keep from laughing in the face of the uncouth genuflector, but she kept a grave face and uttered grave complaint.

    The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel 1898

  • "In that humiliating and servile interview which you had a short time ago with your other genuflector, the landlord of the White Hart Inn, did you in any way gain the impression that every ounce of grub in his shebang was reserved for the special use of his highness, Count

    A Gentleman's Gentleman 1909 Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

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