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Old Babette is an aged female whom she calls her maid.
The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne Stephen King-Hall 1929
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On his quitting the room, she sat down, unable to support herself, and looking so miserably ill, that it was impossible for Darcy to leave her, or to refrain from saying, in a tone of gentleness and commiseration, Let me call your maid.
Chapter XLVI 1917
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On his quitting the room, she sat down, unable to support herself, and looking so miserably ill that it was impossible for Darcy to leave her, or to refrain from saying, in a tone of gentleness and commiseration, ` ` Let me call your maid.
Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1892
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On his quitting the room, she sat down, unable to support herself, and looking so miserably ill that it was impossible for Darcy to leave her, or to refrain from saying, in a tone of gentleness and commiseration, ` ` Let me call your maid.
Pride and Prejudice 1892
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And he rushed out, leaving Juliette so terrified that she called her maid.
The Widow Lerouge ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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On his quitting the room she sat down, unable to support herself, and looking so miserably ill, that it was impossible for Darcy to leave her, or to refrain from saying, in a tone of gentleness and commiseration, “Let me call your maid.
Pride and Prejudice 2004
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She lifted her head, laughed her genuine mirth, slipped her hand clear, and rising to her feet called the maid.
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She lifted her head, laughed her genuine mirth, slipped her hand clear, and rising to her feet called the maid.
THE SCORN OF WOMEN 2010
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We had dinner, rack of lamb, good wine, a gold bell was on the table for calling the maid.
September « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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We had dinner, rack of lamb, good wine, a gold bell was on the table for calling the maid.
carolyn forché | the colonel « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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