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Whereabout in the bonnet and drapery announced by her name, any fragment of the real woman may be concealed, is perhaps known to her maid; but you could easily buy all you see of her, in Bond Street; or you might scalp her, and peel her, and scrape her, and make two Lady Tippinses out of her, and yet not penetrate to the genuine article.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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"Whereabout do Nereïds seek the shore?" she archly asked.
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Whereabout two legats came into England, the one named Albert de Suma, who had in commission to summon them of England and Normandie: and the other called Petro de Santa Agatha, who was appointed to summon them of
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second Raphael Holinshed
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"Whereabout in South America are you going, Mr. Damon, and why?"
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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"Whereabout do you come from, Miss McGill?" said Pratt.
Parnassus on Wheels Christopher Morley 1923
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"Whereabout do you come from, Miss McGill?" said Pratt.
Parnassus On Wheels 1917
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"Whereabout in Canfield do you -- you Curlytops want to get out?" asked the trolley-car conductor.
The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection Howard Roger Garis 1917
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Till at length it has come to pass that the worth and authenticity of all things seem dubitable or deniable: our best effort must be unproductively spent not in working, but in ascertaining our mere Whereabout, and so much as whether we are to work at all.
Paras. 20-39 1909
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"Whereabout will that be?" said Charles, inattentively, drawing his magnet slowly in front of the fleet.
The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers Mary Cholmondeley 1892
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"Whereabout is he, and how far off, do you reckon?"
A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Harry Collingwood 1886
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