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In this state of perplexity she approached the cidevant butler, with the purpose of decoying him out of the garden.
Old Mortality 2004
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Without delay, the _cidevant_ magistrate was called in, the ceremony was performed, and Margaret was Stone's wife!
Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel
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Siêyes was probably above revenge; but there were those who would have readily taken the part upon themselves, and a _cidevant_ bishop would have made
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Various
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Roederer, the cidevant Duchesse de Fleury, and Marquise de Clermont.
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Roederer, the cidevant Duchesse de Fleury, and Marquise de Clermont.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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If you remain with the cidevant king you will be absolutely alone, and your work will become much heavier.
The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912
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Our cidevant second mate, who was determined to get liberty if it was to be had, dressed himself in a long coat and black hat, and polished his shoes, and went aft and asked to go ashore.
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Our cidevant second mate, who was determined to get liberty if it was to be had, dressed himself in a long coat and black hat, and polished his shoes, and went aft and asked to go ashore.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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Our cidevant second mate, who was determined to get liberty if it was to be had, dressed himself in a long coat and black hat, and polished his shoes, and went aft and asked to go ashore.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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Much they marvelled to see the wealth of the cidevant blacksmith,
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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