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  • Nothing remained of Stratford except that "sitting in the fire-place of a evening you could see the stars through the chimley," and "Mother always 'ad' er side of bacon, 'anging from the ceiling."

    The Garden Party, and Other Stories 1922

  • By 'anging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

    The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2009

  • By 'anging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Fred Kiesche 2009

  • Radar (for RA dio D etection A nd R anging) was developed over the years with input from many sources, but it was Robert Watson-Watt , a Scottish physicist looking for a reliable method to help airmen locate and avoid approaching thunderstorms, who designed the first set put into practical use.

    Feb. 26, 1935: Radar, the Invention That Saved Britain 2008

  • "He looked real bad, ma'am; and well he might, the way he's been goin 'on,' anging about 'alf the night We've all seen im," Roberts rejoined imperturbably.

    The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

  • Guv with nurses an 'doctors' anging over 'im -- a-callin' for you -- I mean the Guv, d 'ye see?

    The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • "Well an 'good -- murder's an' anging matter, ain't it?"

    Martin Conisby's Vengeance Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • "No!" shrieked the Old Un, "you'd be 'anging on an' blowing like a grampus!"

    The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • "Easy -- easy -- look out for that 'anging wall --" he held the pitch torch against the roof of the tunnel and displayed a loose, jagged section of rock, dripping with seepage from the hills above.

    The Cross-Cut Courtney Ryley Cooper 1913

  • After you went to the assayers, I fooled around there in the chamber, and I thought I 'd just take a flyer and blow up them' oles that I 'd drilled in the' anging wall at the same time that I shot the other.

    The Cross-Cut Courtney Ryley Cooper 1913

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