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We expect from you a letter on this red-coat mania as the most interesting subject you could write upon.
Letter 112 2009
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Peter Brimelow born 1947 is a limey red-coat financial journalist, author, and invader from our oldest enemy, England.
Bozos On Wikipedia 2010
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Peter Brimelow born 1947 is a limey red-coat financial journalist, author, and invader from our oldest enemy, England.
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Peter Brimelow born 1947 is a limey red-coat financial journalist, author, and invader from our oldest enemy, England.
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Garrisons were now settled in many places where a red-coat had never before been seen, and the Saxon war-drum resounded among the most hidden recesses of the Highland mountains.
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Mr Aresby, a captain in the militia; a young man who having frequently heard the words red-coat and gallantry put together, imagined the conjunction not merely customary, but honourable, and therefore, without even pretending to think of the service of his country, he considered a cockade as a badge of politeness, and wore it but to mark his devotion to the ladies, whom he held himself equipped to conquer, and bound to adore.
Cecilia 2008
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The John F. Kennedy book set is back, as is the blurry photograph of what I think is Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg walking down the street with the red-coat girl from "Schindler's List."
Obama's Production Tweaks Scola, Nancy 2008
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“I desire to be carried before some civil magistrate,” said the Bailie — “the sherra or the judge of the bounds; — I am not obliged to answer every red-coat that speers questions at me.”
Rob Roy 2005
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So far we've had Mounties in full dress serge (they must have been dying in the sweltering heat ... again, isn't this supposed to be a cold country?) and a military parade of classic red-coat gaurds, towering black bearskin hats and all.
trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2005
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For my part, I never wish to see a kilt in the country again, nor a red-coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it were to shoot
Waverley 2004
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