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  • In accordance with his special desire, it has only been used for Mrs. Ewing's poem, as the Convalescent was a little friend of the artist, who did not live to complete his recovery.

    Verses for Children and Songs for Music Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

  • "I'll take that basket of flowers across to the 'Convalescent' now, I think," she said, rising abruptly from her seat by the fire.

    The Hermit of Far End Margaret Pedler

  • "Convalescent," replied the doctor, shortly, as though not exactly relishing the easy familiarity of this pale-eyed gentleman in gray.

    The Maids of Paradise 1899

  • They brought in novelist Jessica Anthony, author of the quirky 2009 novel "The Convalescent," about a dwarf who sells meat out of a bus.

    Blowing Up the Book Alexandra Alter 2012

  • Carmen Scarpino, an innovative smart aleck who is credited with many of America's most treasured comebacks, one-liners and wise cracks, died of lung cancer at the Sons of Italy Convalescent Home here yesterday.

    Carmen Scarpino, Pioneering Wise Guy, Dead at 78 Con Chapman 2011

  • Rather, I discovered that they were put up in the former Maruyama Japanese Convalescent Barracks which stood on the site of the present Taipei Soccer Stadium on Chungshan North Road in Taipei.

    Never Forgotten Newsletter 2009

  • Snider died at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif., according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which announced the death on behalf of the family.

    Duke Snider Dies at 84 2011

  • And very, very, very rarely, of which the überancient Mrs. Cutler at Fairfax Convalescent might be the best example, he would speed them gently on their way, cutting short their pointless misery.

    Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

  • And not just to patients in Extended Care Facilities, SNF (skilled nursing facilities) nor Convalescent hospitals.

    Think Progress » Graham: ‘No Way In The World’ Is Massachusetts’ Health Care Plan Similar To The Democratic Proposal 2010

  • Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider, the Hall of Fame centerfielder who was a fixture in the middle of the lineup for the great Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the 1950s, died Sunday at Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, Calif.

    Duke Snider Dies at 84 Mike Sielski 2011

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