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  • April and May he coveted an opportunity of talking to the stranger, and at last, towards Whitsuntide, he could stand it no longer, but hit upon the subscription-list for a village nurse as an excuse.

    The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

  • France, Lady Budelight put her down in her subscription-list for the Rev.J. Ramshorn, who had had a vision which ordered him to convert the Pope of Rome.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • Professor Beljame has shown us how the milieu was created in which, with no subvention, whether from a patron, a theatre, a political paymaster, a prosperous newspaper or a fashionable subscription-list, an independent writer of the mid-eighteenth century, provided that he was competent, could begin to extort something more than a bare subsistence from the reluctant coffers of the London booksellers.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • When all was at length settled to Miss Keeldar's mind, and the clergy had entered so fully into the spirit of her plans as to head the subscription-list with their signatures for £50 each, she ordered supper to be served; having previously directed Mrs. Gill to exercise her utmost skill in the preparation of this repast.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

  • Suppose he should copy you as you appear to the man who wants your name to a subscription-list, you could hardly expect a friend who entertains you to recognize the likeness to the smiling face which sheds its radiance at his board.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

  • Lieutenant Kugelblitz, to whose opinion deference was due, expressed himself in such offensive terms with respect to Herr von Thalermacher, in relation to the ball, that the gentlemen who had prepared the subscription-list at once erased the objectionable name: Herr von

    A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

  • We are glad to learn that a constantly increasing subscription-list, both at home and abroad, shows, not only that Mr. Runkle judged wisely in thinking such a journal needed, but also that the editorial office has fallen upon the right man.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Various

  • Among the names on the subscription-list stood that of Herr Heller von Thalermacher.

    A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

  • Cheetham carried round a subscription-list for a public dinner.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

  • At the wedding, when the guests were in good humor, a subscription-list was handed out.

    The Story of Manhattan Charles Hemstreet

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