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  • The man who thus offended him was the husband of the lady addressed as "Genevra," and the original of his "Zuleika," in the

    Stories of Authors, British and American Edwin Watts Chubb 1912

  • "Genevra," she said solemnly, in the end, "take warning from my example.

    The Man from Brodney's George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • "Genevra," said Lady Agnes solemnly, "if you'd been on a barren island for five months as I have, with nothing to look at but your husband and the sunsets, you would not be so hard on me.

    The Man from Brodney's George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • Genevra - I also have boy/girl twins, but that fetal monitor is for a single baby.

    The Bakers Wrecked 'Em 2010

  • Genevra and Joshua Bradley are no different from any other suburbia parents — they both held decent jobs in sales, just trying to get by on mortgage and car payments, all while still trying to save enough money to spend on their son, who is about to turn four in a few weeks.

    Buzzine » Bright Ideas 2009

  • One Joy, One Sorrow: "Inspired by the Unitarian Universalist tradition of sharing joys and sorrows within the fellowship, I intend to post one joy or one sorrow each day for one year." —Genevra Blogger: current

    Philocrites: Guide to Unitarian Universalist blogs. 2009

  • There is no nun, of course, only an effeminate man cross-dressing as a nun in order to court Genevra, and this deflation would appear to be Brontë's critique of the gothic brooding nun in the magic lantern show.

    Smoke and Mirrors: Internalizing the Magic Lantern show in _Vilette_ 2005

  • I don't know what to do at this point, we're going to try installing it on another computer to see if Genevra just doesn't like HP/Samsung miscegenation, but gah.

    Stupid Frigging Thing yuki_onna 2006

  • But of course, I have gotten nothing done today, between oversleeping due to vast amounts of insomnia over the last few days and subsequent Jack's Vacant Stare zombification, reading/approving galleys, taking care of my co-dependent dogs, banking, re-syncing files from temporary computer to Genevra again, and trying to find supplies to wrap the aforementioned birthday girl's presents, I have about two hours left in my day and the energy of a dead wombat.

    Back in the Saddle yuki_onna 2006

  • Her name is Genevra, she is an HP Pavilion dv4000, she is very slim and slight and black and silver and shiny, and after-Christmas sales rock.

    Welcome, new family member! yuki_onna 2006

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