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Was our dog a clown, a hobby, a fad, a fashion, a feather in our caps that we should subject him to periodic pennings in stuffy halls, that we should harry his faithful soul with such tomfoolery?
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Was our dog a clown, a hobby, a fad, a fashion, a feather in our caps that we should subject him to periodic pennings in stuffy halls, that we should harry his faithful soul with such tomfoolery?
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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Was our dog a clown, a hobby, a fad, a fashion, a feather in our caps that we should subject him to periodic pennings in stuffy halls, that we should harry his faithful soul with such tomfoolery?
The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy John Galsworthy 1900
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Was our dog a clown, a hobby, a fad, a fashion, a feather in our caps that we should subject him to periodic pennings in stuffy halls, that we should harry his faithful soul with such tomfoolery?
Studies and Essays: Quality and Others John Galsworthy 1900
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The letter was short -- at least when compared with Cope's own plentiful pennings; but it gave our young instructor a few points to think about while he was illuminating Clarissa Harlowe and making some careful comments on Joseph
Bertram Cope's Year Henry Blake Fuller 1893
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I restored some patients of his that he failed to heal, and left in his possession some manuscripts of mine containing corrections of his desultory pennings, which I am informed at his decease passed into the hands of a patient of his, now residing in Scotland.
Christian Science Mark Twain 1872
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The "horse-pennings" are much attended, and are very interesting festivals for all the residents of the neighboring main-land.
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The wild horses, their qualities and habits -- and the "horse-pennings."
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Blogcritics Sports began in 2005 as a means of corralling our pennings about strange athletic events into one discrete location, because other editors were rather sick of dealing with them.
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Golden lines (would you believe copper penny pennings?) roll off my fingertips like sausage through a meat-grinder!
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