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  • An order for the immediate arrest of Vittoria was brought round to the stage at the fall of the curtain by Captain Weisspriess, and delivered by him on the stage to the officer commanding, a pothered lieutenant of

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • An order for the immediate arrest of Vittoria was brought round to the stage at the fall of the curtain by Captain Weisspriess, and delivered by him on the stage to the officer commanding, a pothered lieutenant of

    Vittoria — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

  • An order for the immediate arrest of Vittoria was brought round to the stage at the fall of the curtain by Captain Weisspriess, and delivered by him on the stage to the officer commanding, a pothered lieutenant of

    Vittoria — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • "As if he would want to be pothered with an old aunt!" cried Rhoda.

    The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • But how can Cockayne, who has no pastures, and leaves his cottage daily in the cars, at business hours, be pothered with fatting and killing oxen?

    The Conduct of Life (1860) 1856

  • Unlike their fraternity in the ring of Seville, where they are doomed to die, the animals are only doomed to be pothered; they are "scotched, not killed."

    The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

  • And the humor I was in, I probably wouldn’t have pothered to dodge.

    The Black Mountain Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1954

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