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Our friend tried to get a rope round him, but could not; he got his hand into his preserver's mouth, and would have drowned him, had not Mr. Ellerthorpe had so many opportunities of trial in such cases.
The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe Henry Woodcock
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And as he spoke, the soldier, yet lying across Nathan's knees, for his limbs refused to support him, grasped his preserver's hands with a fervour of gratitude that gave new life and vigour to his exhausted spirits.
Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird
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And the lad, still weak with his previous illness, fear, and excitement, rose, threw his arms around his preserver's neck, and burst into a passion of tears.
Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall
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"What is my preserver's name?" he asked the doctor.
The Great Impersonation Oppenheim, E. Phillips 1920
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They had just entered, and, with a squirm and a grunt, the little dog jerked himself free from the nervous grip of his preserver's feet, and darted across the aisle to his master.
'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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"And pray, lady, didst learn thy preserver's name?"
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"What is my preserver's name?" he asked the doctor.
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Her preserver's misfortune was deplored deeply; expressions of sympathy were whispered among them all, high and low.
Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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You were shocked, horrified, amazed by my seemingly ignoble effort to preserve my preserver's life.
Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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Then he recalled his preserver's dying words, and thought, "It comforts her."
A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1892
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