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I hope to enlighten the ignorant tin-soldier mindless no questioning trolls who post here.
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Robin in Jonesboro, Georgia: Bush's human rights violations at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, semi-secret sites in Europe, the Middle East, and New Orleans make a mockery of his tin-soldier review for President Hu today.
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The little tin-soldier looked up at him as if to say, "Come on, Billy, let's march!"
The Grasshopper Stories Elizabeth Davis Leavitt
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He had laid his tin-soldier on the grass, though the little tin-soldier had been sleeping all morning and felt like a march.
The Grasshopper Stories Elizabeth Davis Leavitt
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"O Billy," cried the grasshopper, "if you lost your little tin-soldier, and another little boy found it, wouldn't you want him to bring it back to you?"
The Grasshopper Stories Elizabeth Davis Leavitt
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Billy dropped his tin-soldier on the ground and ran in to help his mother wipe the dishes.
The Grasshopper Stories Elizabeth Davis Leavitt
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He shoved it in, quite as if they were his own pockets, without saying, By your leave, and perhaps I discovered it on reaching home -- a tin-soldier, or a pistol -- when I put it on my mantle-shelf and sighed.
The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens 1898
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"I didn't," retorted Bunny, "but I won't allow any of them tin-soldier dudes to put it over me."
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers 1895
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"I tell you, fellows," Bunny proclaimed hoarsely, "I'm going to get square with that tin-soldier dude, Overton.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers 1895
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