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  • They began to approach an age-old palace near the river, and Saunders whispered a pass-word when an armed guard halted them.

    In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

  • Currently I post all handouts to the pass-word protected web page, but students need to have an easy way to get it on the Kindle.

    Kindle for College Students – Kindle TextBook Edition « Kindle Review – Kindle 3 Review, iPad Review 2009

  • Abbot, whom he had furnished with the family pass-word, was introduced into the castle as one of the garrison.

    The Abbot 2008

  • His sister opened the door for him, and said, “But you must be here again in the evening and say your pass-word.”

    Household Tales 2003

  • The computer is perfectly suited to be a gaming environment, it's separate from the "real world" without needing to erect stadiums, it gives an equally good view both for the players and the spectators, and you have a ritualistic approach to entering the arena - you even have a secret pass-word.

    thinking with my fingers Torill 2001

  • The computer is perfectly suited to be a gaming environment, it's separate from the "real world" without needing to erect stadiums, it gives an equally good view both for the players and the spectators, and you have a ritualistic approach to entering the arena - you even have a secret pass-word.

    Archive 2001-11-01 Torill 2001

  • There Pippin went up much in the esteem of Bergil, for when he spoke his name and the pass-word the guard saluted him and let him pass through; and what was more, he allowed him to take his companion with him.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • On arriving at the Dockyard gates we are summoned to give the pass-word by the vigilant guard before we are allowed to pass the ponderous portal.

    In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith

  • From this conversation, together with others, held with the same negro, and from after developments made to me at various places, and at different times, extending over a period of six weeks, I became acquainted with the fact that there exists among the blacks a secret and wide-spread organization of a Masonic character, having its grip, pass-word, and oath.

    Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

  • Creed as his pass-word (symbolum); which at Milan, and in other

    The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson

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