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  • Simpleton is maybe too harsh a description, but its not far off.

    Virginia and NJ Republicans non-committal on Palin 2009

  • This contemptuous speech, and, above all, the word Simpleton, which had been applied to her pretty freely by young ladies at school, and always galled her terribly, inflicted so intolerable a wound on Rosa's vanity, that she was ready to burst: on that, of course, her stays contributed their mite of physical uneasiness.

    A Simpleton Charles Reade 1849

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  • QUESTION TO JOAO: The name Simpleton is familiar ...

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  • QUESTION TO JOAO: The name Simpleton is familiar ...

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  • Another time she picks her own interview subject, the "Simpleton"--an innocent-looking blonde woman who perpetually stands with a smile at a certain corner on Alexanderplatz; but the Simpleton turns out to speak in a demonic gibberish, which Tatiana, however, faithfully transcribes.

    Anis Shivani: Review: Chloe Aridjis's Experimental Novel of Berlin: Hitler, the German Past, and the Invisible Memories of a World City Anis Shivani 2011

  • The youngest, who was called Simpleton, set out to seek his brothers, but when at length he found them they mocked him for thinking that he with his simplicity could get through the world, when they two could not make their way, and yet were so much cleverer.

    Household Tales 2003

  • The youngest, who was called Simpleton, set out to seek his brothers, but when at length he found them they mocked him for thinking that he with his simplicity could get through the world, when they two could not make their way, and yet were so much cleverer.

    Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Jacob Grimm 1824

  • "Simpleton," laughed the praetor, slapping the alarmed youth lightly on the shoulder.

    The Emperor — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • "Simpleton," laughed the praetor, slapping the alarmed youth lightly on the shoulder.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

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