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  • What kind of fev­er­ish, Van Gogh-like passion drove him to pro­duce these distorted and viol­en­tly coloured works?

    Archive 2008-12-01 Hels 2008

  • What kind of fev­er­ish, Van Gogh-like passion drove him to pro­duce these distorted and viol­en­tly coloured works?

    Chaim Soutine, sad expressionist Hels 2008

  • Thro 'fev'n long yeais, thy ilaught'ring fword hath reek'd With guiltlefs blood ...

    Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays... 1780

  • Where, with like haftc, tho 'fev'ral ways they ran*

    The Beauties of English Poesy 1767

  • AmeyJah thinks .. hey feved ur site can u fev me link is there at end

    Thinking is Not Easy 2007

  • My esteemed copyediting colleague fev at Headsuptheblog has done a wonderful demolition job, of which my favorite bit is a response to this gem:Mr. Everest also raised a question about when to use the plural possessive on the radio.

    languagehat.com: OMBUDSMAN, SPARE THAT APOSTROPHE! 2005

  • I do love a good language rant, as long as it's the sensible kind and not the usual prescriptivist lament, and fev of the copy-editing blog headsuptheblog active since April has a dandy one, called "Is that a mote in your eye, or are you just glad to see me?"

    languagehat.com: A MOTE IN YOUR EYE. 2005

  • A civilian inspector would suddenly scream: 'This is sabotage!' and a Gestapo guard would run up, listen for a fev seconds, put a pistol to the back of the offender's ear and fire - right in the factory.

    Poland Michener, James 1983

  • You have small-pox, scarlet fev ', difthere; you get smash your head, you get break your leg, you fall down, you go to die.

    The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • You have small-pox, scarlet fev ', difthere; you get smash your head, you get break your leg, you fall down, you go to die.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

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