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Examples
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Seconded, thirded and tenthed on Ampersand's death - its the last constant in Yorick's difficult life gone.
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As far as Yorick is concerned, I am not convinced either way in the case of Shia.
D.J. Caruso Hopes Y: The Last Man Movie Will Hit Theaters by 2010?! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Probably the first German book to bear the name Yorick in its title was
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The notice closes with the naïve but astounding information, “He took the name Yorick because he is a preacher in York; furthermore, these sermons are much praised.”
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This is a valid indication that, in the opinion of the reviewer, the name Yorick would not be sufficiently linked in the reader’s mind with the personality of Sterne and the fame of his first great book, to preclude the possibility, or rather probability, of error.
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When Jess begins working part-time at a used and rare bookstore called Yorick's, run by a wealthy, single, middle-aged man called George, we Austen-savvy readers anticipate that wedding bells may eventually ring.
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“Enchanted by a pixie, a child called Yorick enters a magical kingdom, but when Yorick returns he finds his world ravaged by time.”
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One of the horses belonged to Colonel John Tayloe, and is called Yorick; the other to Dr. Flood, and is called Gift.
Colonial Children 1902
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Literature "this tract is worth noting; its author, in a preface, says that" it has been _maliciously_, or rather _stupidly_, reported that the late Mr. Sterne, alias Yorick, is not dead; but that, on the contrary, he is writing a fifth and sixth, and has carried his plan as far as a fiftieth and sixtieth volume of the book called 'The Life and Opinions of
Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Isaac Disraeli 1807
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"Enchanted by a pixie, a child called Yorick enters a magical kingdom, but when Yorick returns he finds his world ravaged by time."
Boing Boing 2009
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