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  • They take constitutional walks and Cockle's pills; and, by virtue of meeting them at the Royal Society, are always consulting medical men, but take care never to offer them a guinea.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Various

  • We suggested that Cockle's pills were hardly permanent property, but Dan showed that they were, with him.

    We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

  • "Look at me!" he said, "never been chained up all me life, just because I never had enough permanent property to make a chain -- never more than I could carry in one hand: a bluey, a change of duds, a mosquito net, and a box of Cockle's pills."

    We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

  • I shared Cockle's cabin, in every way as dirty a place as the den

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • I took the precaution to have a hanger at my side and to slip one of Cockle's pistols within the band of my breeches.

    Richard Carvel — Volume 03 Winston Churchill 1909

  • I took the precaution to have a hanger at my side and to slip one of Cockle's pistols within the band of my breeches.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • I shared Cockle's cabin, in every way as dirty a place as the den

    Richard Carvel — Volume 03 Winston Churchill 1909

  • I took the precaution to have a hanger at my side and to slip one of Cockle's pistols within the band of my breeches.

    Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • I shared Cockle's cabin, in every way as dirty a place as the den I had left, but with the advantage of air, for which I fervently thanked God.

    Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • I took the precaution to have a hanger at my side and to slip one of Cockle's pistols within the band of my breeches.

    Richard Carvel Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1899

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