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Examples
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If she had lost some magical powers in our world, she had not lost her strength; she could break an iron bar as if it were a stick of barleysugar.
The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C. S. 1955
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I confess to a weakness for the old barleysugar of Bellini or a Donizetti-Serenade.
One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868
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I confess to a weakness for the old barleysugar of Bellini or a Donizetti-Serenade.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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I confess to a weakness for the old barleysugar of Bellini or a Donizetti-Serenade.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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'He always used to bring me barleysugar-drops when I was a little girl, and it was he who found out our poor old
The Young Step-Mother Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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