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Naples, in such a manner as surely could not be construed an insult,
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"I've done dark things in service to the Light, " gaunt-faced Byar said grimly, his deep-set eyes glittering as though at a personal insult,
Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005
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But when he heard their defiance, the boast, the taunt and the insult,
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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And then, when Langford's face flushed with a realization of the subtle insult,
The Trail to Yesterday Charles Alden Seltzer 1908
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Felt the cool air blow on his cheek, that was hot with the insult,
The Literary World Seventh Reader Hetty Sibyl Browne 1907
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"I stood there," Bones went on loftily ignoring the gratuitous insult,
Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Edgar Wallace 1903
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"If you wish for the maid," went on Titus, taking no heed of the insult,
Pearl-Maiden Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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If any woman, any bride, could forgive such an apparent but most unintentional insult,
Angling Sketches Andrew Lang 1878
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But when he heard their defiance, the boast, the taunt, and the insult,
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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Felt the cool air blow on his cheek, that was hot with the insult,
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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