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  • Asked if Mrs Clements charge was true answers no he never refused her and that he left a space of 21 feet for the ramshorn agreeable to Justice Carters order ~ asked if he ever made known to Mrs Clements the Justices order says he believes it was made known to her ~ ~ ~

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • I need to get 5 ramshorn snails for the tanks but now luck finding any around here.

    berrywine Diary Entry berrywine 2005

  • A collection of stoneware bottles stood by the lamp, a ramshorn snuff mull, banded in silver, next to them.

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

  • Riverwind would have given much to be able to mount those horns over the door of his tent, but he could hardly afford to carry twenty pounds of ramshorn with him now.

    Riverwind the Plainsman Thompson, Paul B. 1990

  • The ancient ramshorn curl of a great horn sounded its low, shuddery demand for attention.

    The Fate of the Phoenix Culbreath, Myrna 1979

  • Zerchi wondered if he were about to stand up and make an announcement to his hosts-or blow a ramshorn at them, perhaps?

    A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

  • In the foreground a wooden shanty, a broom by the door with a ramshorn hanging from its handle.

    The Road to Damascus August Strindberg 1880

  • We'll take the ramshorn crooks out of this town in about two days, when we get started. "

    Heart's Desire Emerson Hough 1890

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  • "From his forehead arise starkly the Mosaic ramshorns."

    Joyce, Ulysses, 15

    February 8, 2007

  • Also a password in David Eddings' Elenium trilogy.

    February 8, 2007