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Nosey polks will peek through the shutters, And their eyes will pop.
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The inside and straps are made with a matching 100% cotton light blue polks dot print.
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True it is, that the officers of the royal guard of Russia, especially of the three noble regiments styled the Priberjensky, Simeonsky, and Finlansky polks might fearlessly enter into competition in almost all points with the flower of the British army; but it must be remembered, that those regiments are officered by the choicest specimens of the
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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The wounded servicemen will have no resupply of provisions throughout their month-long trek, so will have to drag everything they need behind them in heavy arctic sledges called polks.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Priberjensky, Simeonsky, and Finlansky polks might fearlessly enter into competition in almost all points with the flower of the
The Bible in Spain 1712
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I am going to use some polk rm-85s as my 5.1 surround and will later look into some larger polks or definitive speakers for my surround so I am looking for a solid receiver that will work for me now and later.
Home Theater Forum BBYGUY 2009
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The other speakers came with the amps, i have 2 big polks (I think the say moniter??) they weigh a ton and only have one set of speaker wire terms. on the back (i am using these for the rear surrounds).
Home Theater Forum 2008
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Nevertheless, Paul began to march his troops towards the lower Volga, and several polks of Cossacks had crossed that river on the ice, when the news of his assassination cut short the scheme. [
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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