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  • "What are you jabbering about, shipmate?" said I. "He's got enough, though, to make up for all deficiencies of that sort in other chaps," abruptly said the stranger, placing a nervous emphasis upon the word he.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • 'What are you jabbering about, shipmate? 'said I. 'He's got enough, though, to make up for all deficiencies of that sort in other chaps,' abruptly said the stranger, placing a nervous emphasis upon the word he.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • I. “He’s got enough, though, to make up for all deficiencies of that sort in other chaps,” abruptly said the stranger, placing a nervous emphasis upon the word he.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • Since she referred to herself as a teenaged girl, then she is a she, just as you probably would like to be referred to as a he.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The least he could do: 2009

  • (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: And from now on, by the way, Chaz will be referred to as a he.

    CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2009 2009

  • We argue about whether we should light a chalice or if having a stained glass window with a large golden chalice is enough, or if we should have more communion services, or if it's ever okay to end a prayer in Jesus' name, or "change" the words to the Lord's Prayer/Prayer of Jesus, when and if God might be called he.

    Being too "Christian" Christine Robinson 2006

  • "You said," he repeated doggedly, trying to shake some feeling back into his benumbed legs, "'he.'"

    Burning Water Lackey, Mercedes 1989

  • Father, he wer working to Mr Cloade's then, fishing being bad, an 'the master called he.

    A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

  • Californian gold-ships bound for New York with a million and a half of dollars in he. specie.

    A Report is Prevalent 1863

  • I'm surprised (perhaps I shouldn't be) by all the people saying that she should be referred to as a he.

    WordPress.com News 2009

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