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  • I have dipped into Ha'nish's revelations, which are a farrago of every kind of ancient mysticism -- paper and binding from the Bible, illustrations from the Egyptian, names from the Zoroastrian, health rules from the Hindoos, laws from the Confucians -- price ten dollars per volume.

    The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923

  • The humor of this becomes apparent when we mention that at Ha'nish's trial, three or four years ago, he was proven to be thirty-five years old!

    The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923

  • I have dipped into Ha'nish's revelations, which are a farrago of every kind of ancient mysticism -- paper and binding from the Bible, illustrations from the Egyptian, names from the Zoroastrian, health rules from the Hindoos, laws from the Confucians -- price ten dollars per volume.

    The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918

  • The humor of this becomes apparent when we mention that at Ha'nish's trial, three or four years ago, he was proven to be thirty-five years old!

    The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918

  • 'You young pretenders, keepers of the nought, the nish, defenders of the sweet fuck-all, think bigger than your pockets, profiles, health; better by half to take a sideways view, take a tip from me and deface yourselves.' '

    World Cup Literature: Poetry On The Love Of Soccer 2010

  • They had both moved to the same English seaside town at around the same time, Duncan to fi nish his thesis and Annie to teach, and they had been introduced by mutual friends who could see that, if nothing else, they could talk about books and music, go to fi lms, travel to London occasionally to see exhibitions and gigs.

    Nick Hornby: Juliet, Naked: An Excerpt 2009

  • The other players, Pumpek and a couple of realtor buddies he brought along to serve as suckers, were unabashedly American and uninterested, and they impatiently waited for Szmura to? nish so the game could go on.

    'Love And Obstacles' 2009

  • And pretty much anybody who isn't looking at this World Series through Tiger-striped glasses senses that this is another “tar” - nish in an already tarnished era for baseball.

    Meet Me In St. Louis 2008

  • Lots of people come to me and ask me to send my sons for nish.

    Helmand Gripped by Opium Harvest IWPR 2008

  • “I am here for nish,” he told a reporter in Grishk, a district approximately 40 kilometres from the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.

    Helmand Gripped by Opium Harvest IWPR 2008

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