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  • I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat pie myself.

    Confession 2010

  • "Look what was here before us," Aviendha said as he let a meek-faced white-robed woman take Jeade'en.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • Behind them streamed brown lines of meek-faced Indians.

    Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan

  • Ma, (turning to a meek-faced woman), leave the door unlocked.

    Red-Robin Jane Abbott

  • The doors were open, and through them were passing meek-faced, soft-voiced and plain-robed worshipers.

    The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss

  • She also discovered a special protégé in a meek-faced young girl who occupied the position of public stenographer in the hotel where the

    Jane Allen: Right Guard Edith Bancroft

  • And poor Casey, a meek-faced little man with sloping shoulders, who had been running the elevator in the Chalmers Building up to a week ago, would patiently practise marching without moving, so that the rest of the line could wheel round him as a pivot.

    Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923

  • Oh, if I were a man, I'd show any meek-faced little hypocrite if she could prize secrets out of me.

    Fran 1913

  • I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat-pie myself.

    Confession 1907

  • I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat-pie myself.

    Confession 1907

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