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At Hawsted, in Suffolk, she is reported to have dropped a silver-handled fan into the moat; and an old approach to Kenninghall Place, in Norfolk, is called Queen Bess's Lane, because she was scratched by the brambles in riding through it.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 386, August 22, 1829 Various
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After all, the agitated times of Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and Queen Bess offer plenty of grist for the plot mill, and Phil Rickman has reaped the lot.
Nina Sankovitch: New Tudor Hero, John Dee: Scientist, Conjurer, Sleuth Nina Sankovitch 2011
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After all, the agitated times of Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and Queen Bess offer plenty of grist for the plot mill, and Phil Rickman has reaped the lot.
Nina Sankovitch: New Tudor Hero, John Dee: Scientist, Conjurer, Sleuth Nina Sankovitch 2011
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After all, the agitated times of Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and Queen Bess offer plenty of grist for the plot mill, and Phil Rickman has reaped the lot.
Nina Sankovitch: New Tudor Hero, John Dee: Scientist, Conjurer, Sleuth Nina Sankovitch 2011
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After all, the agitated times of Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and Queen Bess offer plenty of grist for the plot mill, and Phil Rickman has reaped the lot.
Nina Sankovitch: New Tudor Hero, John Dee: Scientist, Conjurer, Sleuth Nina Sankovitch 2011
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With no oil response workers on Queen Bess, Plaquemines Parish coastal zone management director P.J. Hahn decided he could wait no longer, pulling an exhausted brown pelican from the oil, the slime dripping from its wings.
Gulf Oil Spill: Cap Placed Over Leak Collecting Only Fraction Of The Oil 2010
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Nearly 60 pelican chicks and more than 600 adults were brought to Fort Jackson in June after oil washed onto a rookery on Queen Bess and other nearby islands in coastal Louisiana.
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We shrugged it off, snapped a few photos, and went on to photograph oiled pelicans on Cat Island and Queen Bess.
Georgianne Nienaber: New Photos Show Oil-Soaked Dolphins Struggling in Barataria Bay Louisiana 2010
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We shrugged it off, snapped a few photos, and went on to photograph oiled pelicans on Cat Island and Queen Bess.
Georgianne Nienaber: New Photos Show Oil-Soaked Dolphins Struggling in Barataria Bay Louisiana 2010
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With no oil response workers on Queen Bess, Plaquemines Parish coastal zone management director P.J. Hahn decided he could wait no longer, pulling an exhausted brown pelican from the oil, the slime dripping from its wings.
Gulf Oil Spill: Slick-Coated Animals Struggle And Die As 'Wildlife Apocalypse' Becomes Reality 2010
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