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Mountagne concerning Cats: And I hope I may take as great a libertie to blame any Scoffer, that has never heard what an Angler can say in the justification of his Art and Pleasure.
The Compleat Angler 2007
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But no more of the Scoffer; for since Solomon sayes, he is an abomination to men, he shall be so to me; and I think, to all that love Vertue and Angling.
The Compleat Angler 2007
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But, if this satisfie not, I pray bid the Scoffer put this
The Compleat Angler 2007
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"Scoffer!" cried Gordon, and M'Iver said no more, but led us through the dark to the house whose light so cheerfully smiled before us.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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Drunkard, and the awful foul-mouthed Swearer, and the bold, covetous, Blasphemous Scoffer at things Sacred and Divine, and the
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene
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A second Round Robin was drafted to the Englishman, beginning: "O Scoffer," and ending with a selection of curses from the Rites of Mizraim and Memphis and the Commination of
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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A second Round Robin was drafted to the Englishman, beginning: 'O Scoffer,' and ending with a selection of curses from the Rites of Mizraim and Memphis and the Commination of Jugana, who was a 'fifth-rounder,' upon whose name an upstart
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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A second round robin was drafted to the Englishman, beginning: "Oh, Scoffer," and ending with a selection of curses from the rites of Mizraim and Memphis and the Commination of
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Egerton Castle 1889
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In the provinces he is a star of the first magnitude, known by the name of Moses Scoffer; in the city a myth known to his pals as Swear 'Em
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Elbert Hubbard 1885
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That he is known by the name of Moses Scoffer, or Swear 'Em Charley, is not true.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Elbert Hubbard 1885
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