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James I. confirmed this charter in 1608. with some additions, including a weekly wool-market, a horse-market and two additional annual fairs.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Only in the horse-market was there any real business going on.
A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
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She had rested for two days in Miles City; had seen the horse-market, with horse-wranglers in chaps; had taken dinner with army people at Fort
Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Beginning with the original provocation in the Palais Royal and ending with the fight in the horse-market, I related the whole story to him, but in an impersonal manner, and keeping my own name out of my narrative.
The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Têtedieu! it seems that he has profited little by the lesson you read him in the horse-market about meddling in matters which concern him not.
The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes Rafael Sabatini 1912
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With that we left the inn, amidst a prodigious hubbub, and made our way to the horse-market behind the Hôtel Vendôme.
The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes Rafael Sabatini 1912
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If you doubt my words, perhaps you will recall my attitude towards you in the horse-market yesterday, and let that speak.
The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes Rafael Sabatini 1912
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I was passing through a horse-market when I saw a fine-looking, shapely young horse put up at what seemed a ridiculously low price.
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I was passing through a horse-market when I saw a fine-looking, shapely young horse put up at what seemed a ridiculously low price.
The Making of an American Riis, Jacob A 1901
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The method of procedure, on arriving at the horse-market, was simple but effective.
The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895
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