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According to his view, there is in the poem, as we possess it, an original whole, which he calls the Achilleïs, to which additions have been made from other sources, converting the Achilleïs into an Iliad.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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I was investigative case agent for the TWA 847 hijacking, in Achille Lauro and a few others and I worked the Lockerbie.
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"No. The servant, a man called Achille, went away this morning, taking with him a lady who was staying with Lupin."
The Crystal Stopper Maurice Leblanc 1902
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Yet, again and again we heard from the wingnuts and MSM how that vote would be HRC 'Achille's Heel.
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When the "Intrépide" struck, seventeen ships of the allied fleet had been taken, one, the "Achille," was in a blaze, and soon to blow up; four were in flight far away to the north-west, eleven were making for Cadiz, all bearing the marks of hard hitting during the fight.
Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale
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About this time the French "Achille" was seen to be ablaze and ceased firing.
Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale
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"Achille," he said, "do you hear that voice over there in the dark?"
The Lure of the Mask Harold MacGrath 1901
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We engag'd them forty-six minutes, when the "Achille" and "Polyphemus" came up to our assistance.
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The Wales head coach, Warren Gatland, who said the offence merited a sending-off, revealed on Monday that he had been told the Italian citing commissioner, Achille Reali, had instituted disciplinary proceedings.
Six Nations 2012: Wales braced for citing of Bradley Davies 2012
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Or the 1985 capture of the cruise ship Achille Lauro by a splinter group of Palestinian terrorists, whom the United States government expressly declared as "pirates."
D.R. Burgess: Somali Piracy: Send in the Marines...Then the Lawyers D.R. Burgess 2011
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