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All the Foreign Office distrust of public opinion, the concealment of the Anglo-French plan of campaign, the disguise of the _Entente_ in a quaker's hat, the duping of the
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Various
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In fine, though the parson's and the quaker's hat has each its several merits, commend me to the fan-tailed _shallow_.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 Various
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Merrily danced the quaker's wife,/And merrily danced the quakers.
Quaker's Wife 1932
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The quaker's wife sat down to bake,/And a 'her bairns about her;/Ilk ane got their quarter cake,/The miller got his mou'ter.
Quaker's Wife 1932
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The quaker's pate godlily with a priesteen in booktalk.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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The hall of many an earl lacks the bounty, the palace of many a prelate the piety and learning, which adorn the quiet quaker's home!
Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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For much doth she profit by this quaker's meeting.
Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life Samuel Lover 1832
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The moment I came in it was as dumb as a quaker's meetin '.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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The moment I came in it was as dumb as a quaker's meetin '.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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Opposite the quaker's meeting in Bull-street, there is, in front of the house occupied by Mr. Standley, a most admirable piece of brick-work, (the lock-maker's arms, under a most beautiful arch), such as is very seldom seen, and does infinite credit to whoever executed it; but some simpleton has defaced the arms to a considerable degree, by colouring them to represent stone.
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