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In one of these dens merriment thundered to the low smoke-stained roof, where rascals gathered in every stage of rags and tatters -- furtive cut-purses, leering kidnappers, quick-fingered thieves, swaggering bravoes with their wenches, strident-voiced women clad in tawdry finery.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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In one of these dens merriment thundered to the low smoke-stained roof, where rascals gathered in every stage of rags and tatters - furtive cut-purses, leering kidnappers, quick-fingered thieves, swaggering bravoes with their wenches, strident-voiced women clad in tawdry finery.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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In one of those dens merriment thundered to the low smoke-stained roof, where rascals gathered in every stage of rags and tatters -- furtive cutpurses, leering kidnappers, quick-fingered thieves, swaggering bravoes with their wenches, strident-voiced women clad in tawdry finery.
Conan Howard, Robert E. & De Camp, L. Sprague & Carter, Lin 1966
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I was depicted as strident-voiced ... belligerent ... waving my arms wildly.
Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922
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I was depicted as strident-voiced ... belligerent ... waving my arms wildly.
Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921
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Reading him was like being in church with a strident-voiced preacher shouting from out of a terribly sonorous pulpit.
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In one of these dens merriment thundered to the low smoke-stained roof, where rascals gathered in every stage of rags and tatters " furtive cut-purses, leering kidnappers, quick - fingered thieves, swaggering bravoes with their wenches, strident-voiced women clad in tawdry finery.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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In one of these dens merriment thundered to the low smoke-stained roof, where rascals gathered in every stage of rags and tatters " furtive cut-purses, leering kidnappers, quick - fingered thieves, swaggering bravoes with their wenches, strident-voiced women clad in tawdry finery.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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