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The daring bented steel structure shows not only how far the designer uses his design skills but also the experienced industrial techniques.
Neon Table, Chemistry Chair, and Bonsai Vase from Neo Design 2009
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Well, I told 'em I wouldn't be in their ole paper if they begged me on their bented knees; and I said if they begged me a thousand years I wouldn't be in any paper with such a crazy name and I wouldn't tell 'em any news if I knew the President of the
Gentle Julia Booth Tarkington 1907
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Tell him Jane Tanberry beg him to stay in he own room dis night, an 'dat she beg it on her bented knees!'
The Two Vanrevels Booth Tarkington 1907
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"In the first place, you're goin 'to live to see the day when you'll come and beg me on your bented knees to have me put poems or anything I want to in your ole newspaper, but I'll just _laugh_ at you!
Gentle Julia Booth Tarkington 1907
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