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A 250-ton steam-swiveller could no doubt crush us, and bring our Fixed Period college in premature ruin about our ears.
The Fixed Period Anthony Trollope 1848
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Australia; but England at first did not believe us; and when she was given to understand that we were in earnest, she brought to bear upon us the one argument that could have force, and sent to our harbour her 250-ton steam-swiveller.
The Fixed Period Anthony Trollope 1848
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But when we were once independent, then again to reduce us to submission by a 250-ton steam-swiveller was an act of gross tyranny.
The Fixed Period Anthony Trollope 1848
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But he was sure to succeed in telling us that he would make it impossible by means of the double file of armed men by whom he is accompanied, and the 250-ton steam-swiveller with which, as he informed me, he is able to blow us all into atoms, unless I would be ready to start with
The Fixed Period Anthony Trollope 1848
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The 250-ton swiveller, no doubt, was unanswerable -- unless we were prepared to die for our system.
The Fixed Period Anthony Trollope 1848
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That was a fashion-swiveller if ever there was one.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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That was a fashion-swiveller if ever there was one.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Technically dubbed the C721, Casio has managed to pack quite a bit into their latest swiveller: the 5.1 megapixel camera is prime among them, and hopefully it lives up to the EXILIM pedigree.
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Technically dubbed the C721, Casio has managed to pack quite a bit into their latest swiveller: the 5.1 megapixel camera is prime among them, and hopefully it lives up to the EXILIM pedigree.
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"Request indeed," I said to Crasweller, throwing all possible scorn into the tone of my voice, -- "request! with the North-north-west Birmingham regiment, and his 250-ton steam-swiveller in the harbour!
The Fixed Period Anthony Trollope 1848
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