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This talk of election played badly before for Labour so if any "allies" or pals of pals coming sliding up to the Spectator, tell them, I want the organgrinder not the monkey.
Spectator Live 2008
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Maggot O'Reilly, Matthew Dillon, Valentine Blake Dillon (Lord Mayor of Dublin), Christopher Callinan, Lenehan, an Italian organgrinder, an unknown gentleman in the Gaiety Theatre, Benjamin Dollard, Simon
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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