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This prompted the members of the orner group to try to escape, whereupon the rhino would turn and charge them.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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Lord Albemarle, who may possibly dislike your considering Mr. Yorke as the man of business, and him as only pour orner la scene.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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It took only seconds to vanish around the: orner and out of sight of the deputies.
Hunting Fear Hooper, Kay 2004
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On reconnoîtra facilement que ce discours est du même auteur que les _Mémoires_, et qu'il devoit naturellement en {4} orner le frontispice.
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Chez qui lon voit entrer, pour orner ses celliers,
Épître a M. 1920
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MARCHE, Les manuscrits et la miniature (Paris, s. d.); LABITTE, Les manuscrits et l'art de les orner (Paris, 1893); MARTIN, Les peintres de manuscrits et la miniatures en France (Paris, 1910); NIEDLING,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Comme ils ont emporté tout le reste pour en orner leurs
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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Mr. Yorke is by this time at Paris; make your court to him, but not so as to disgust, in the least, Lord Albemarle, who may possibly dislike your considering Mr. Yorke as the man of business, and him as only 'pour orner la scene'.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Mr. Yorke is by this time at Paris; make your court to him, but not so as to disgust, in the least, Lord Albemarle, who may possibly dislike your considering Mr. Yorke as the man of business, and him as only 'pour orner la scene'.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1751 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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The murder happened in the parking lot of a West Knoxville restaurant at the orner of Kingston Pike and Walker Springs Road in May.
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