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Larking, I disembarked with him, and rejoiced to see that by dint of a beard and a shaven head I had succeeded, like the Lord of Geesh, in “misleading the inquisitive spirit of the populace.”
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The better to blind the inquisitive eyes of servants and visitors, my friend, Larking, lodged me in an out-house, where I could revel in the utmost freedom of life and manners.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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But I perfectly remember that my friend Larking had a mutilated sphynx in his garden at Alexandria, which was found equally efficacious.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, Memorial Ed., vol. i., p. Burton dedicated to Mr. John Larking the 7th volume of The Arabian
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MSS. inquired after by the Rev. L.B. Larking, namely, Lot 1224.,
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Larking, that he has given, from a wardrobe roll in the Surrenden collection, a couple of extracts, which show that Bruce's Queen was in 1314 in the custody of the Abbess of Barking.
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Wages in 17th and 19th centuries, by Rev. L.B. Larking ..225
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[FN#108] Burton dedicated to Mr. John Larking the 7th volume of
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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Larking [FN#108], at their residence "The Sycamores," but he slept in an outhouse in order the better to delude the servants.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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Larking around with them young fellows, like enough.
The Covered Wagon Emerson Hough 1890
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