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  • By the hour when the domestics had risen, he had, however, completed a letter somewhat more to his satisfaction, and he dispatched it to the villa Altieri by a confidential person; but the servant had scarcely quitted the gates, when he recollected new arguments, which he wished to urge, and expressions to change of the utmost importance to enforce his meaning, and he would have given half the world to have recalled the messenger.

    The Italian 2004

  • During a process resembling gene multiplication an exact copy of the genetic code is produced, termed a messenger.

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1965 - Presentation Speech 1972

  • Yes, it is as if he had gone to them, as if they had recalled their messenger.

    The Call of the Blood Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • As he said this he put his hand on the bell to call a messenger.

    Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire Headlam, James W 1899

  • At last he got up, snatched an envelope, put the telegram inside, wrote my name, and called a messenger.

    At the Sign of the Eagle Gilbert Parker 1897

  • At last he got up, snatched an envelope, put the telegram inside, wrote my name, and called a messenger.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Garrett starts, as one would expect, with the notion of messenger.

    unknown title 2009

  • As of tonight, he and the show have made their choice, and as he had the aneurysm removed at the end of last season, it's not spoiling anything to tell you the message is now "messenger."

    'Eli Stone': This show is looking solid 2008

  • It doesn't make sense to shoot either kind of messenger.

    Don't Shoot the Speculators 2009

  • Miah wondered if Evelyn was an angel—and indeed she was, for the word angel means "messenger."

    The Gift Belinda 2008

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