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  • He has described to Mr Innes one particular walk taken alone to the waterfall called the Grey Mare's Tail.

    The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

  • I've named both the cars I've had -- Old Grey Mare, because she was old and grey and she ain't what she used to be; and Darth Vader, more often called Mr. Vader when I'm trying to show respect.

    The Name of This Blog Becomes More and More Appropos fusenumber8 2007

  • I know him by sight -- but he's a comparatively recent comer to the Grey Mare.

    The Middle of Things 1899

  • No one was in the bar-parlour of the Grey Mare when Stoner first entered it, but by the time he had re-read the handbill, two or three men of the town had come in, and he saw that each carried a copy.

    The Borough Treasurer 1899

  • "Well," said Viner, turning to the florist, "do you think you could take me to the Grey Mare, Mr. Barleyfield?"

    The Middle of Things 1899

  • But on this occasion he forgot all about the Grey Mare, and Popsie the barmaid did not come into his mind for even a second.

    The Borough Treasurer 1899

  • "I suppose you've been at the Grey Mare since Mr. Ashton's death?" he asked as they walked along.

    The Middle of Things 1899

  • Beneath it he caught further sight of familiar names -- and at that he folded up the bills, went into the Grey Mare, sat down in a quiet corner, and read carefully through the announcement.

    The Borough Treasurer 1899

  • And -- if it's of any importance -- I saw them talking like that, at the Grey Mare, the very evening that -- that

    The Middle of Things 1899

  • "Yes; wait till she sees the Grey Mare," cried Scood, bending double with mirth.

    Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai George Manville Fenn 1870

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