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But the glitter in her dark eyes was not impersonable.
Conan The Warrior Howard, Robert E. 1967
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That to have conceived of those men, the most dignified in our literature, our civilization, as impersonable by three hoboes, and then to have imagined that he could ask them personally to enjoy the monstrous travesty, was a break, he saw too late, for which there was no repair.
My Mark Twain (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878
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That to have conceived of those men, the most dignified in our literature, our civilization, as impersonable by three hoboes, and then to have imagined that he could ask them personally to enjoy the monstrous travesty, was a break, he saw too late, for which there was no repair.
Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship William Dean Howells 1878
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He's had a bit of a history of clamming up on stage, evading questions, and coming off as, well, impersonable.
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