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  • "They send missionaries to China," cried the lad further, "but there's no child labor there; they try to reform the 'unspeakable Turk' but there's no atrocity upon the children there; they call the heathen lost, though in the worst an 'wildes' tribes the children have a home an 'lovin', if savage care; Russia cries shame on what goes on in our fact'ries here, an 'even an Indian chief that they were showin' the sights of our great cities to, when asked what had surprised him most, answered, 'Little -- children -- workin'. '"

    The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • But, as regards to Tammy Thornycraft, Idefyne the lawn mare and the laney moweress and all the prentisses of wildes to massage him. —

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • Wilde's (wildes. ca, 613-234-5512) moved here from the ByWard Market in 1993 when they noticed that thousands of their LGBT movie renters lived in the area.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

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