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Drawling stupidity, when well acted by an educated, intelligent man, is indeed comical; but when those features are the natural characteristics of an illiterate and by no means bright intellect, the mouthings of such a one it were a misapplication of terms to call wit.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Drawling stupidity, when well acted by an educated, intelligent man, is indeed comical; but when those features are the natural characteristics of an illiterate and by no means bright intellect, the mouthings of such a one it were a misapplication of terms to call wit.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: he taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in
Alice in Wonderland 2003
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Drawling: "Did you have fun at your party yesterday?"
Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999
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Seaography: then Drawling -- the Drawling-master was an old conger eel, that used to come once a week: HE taught us Drawling, Stretching, and
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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` Well, there was Mystery, 'the Mock Turtle replied, counting off the subjects on his flappers, ` -- Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling -- the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: HE taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils.'
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Drawling and peculiar, never boisterous, it was stronger than his passion and more enduring than the memory of a wrong.
The Starbucks Opie Percival Read 1895
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"Well, there was Mystery," the Mock Turtle replied, counting off the subjects on his flappers, "-- Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling -- the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: he taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils."
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Seaography: then Drawling -- the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: HE taught us Drawling, Stretching, and
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865
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Drawling a close line to conservative leaders of the past could give her a boost as she works to recapture earlier campaign sizzle as her poll numbers lag.
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