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  • The four bearers of the vase to Mrs. Roosevelt were promptly hailed as delightful big brothers by our two smallest boys, who at once took them to see the sights of Washington in the landau— "the President's land-ho!" as, with seafaring humor, our guests immediately styled it.

    IX. Outdoors and Indoors 1913

  • The four bearers of the vase to Mrs. Roosevelt were promptly hailed as delightful big brothers by our two smallest boys, who at once took them to see the sights of Washington in the landau -- "the President's land-ho!" as, with seafaring humor, our guests immediately styled it.

    An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913

  • All this was done as the vessel passed swiftly on her course, and everything had been effected, apparently to the captain's satisfaction, when the cry of "land-ho!" was once more heard.

    Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • President's land-ho! "as, with seafaring humor, our guests immediately styled it.

    Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888

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