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The company also tried a set of "trick-track children's records" that allowed a phonograph to randomly select tracks so that a set of four sides could tell 256 different stories, but that tanked, too.
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We know that the Supreme cannot Himself be everywhere, attending to each little trick-track that arises in the world — matters altogether beneath His notice; and that He must, like the President of Venezuela or the Emperor of Brazil, appoint men — angels if you like — to conduct His affairs and watch over each district.
Green Mansions 2004
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'At trick-track or trap and ball you were ever our best player.'
Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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He could not bear that we should play trick-track upon the green, or dance with the other children upon the Saturday night.
Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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We know that the Supreme cannot Himself be everywhere, attending to each little trick-track that arises in the world -- matters altogether beneath
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His great genius for financial combinations was at this time employed by him in gleek, trick-track, quadrille, whist, loo, ombre, and other pastimes of mingled luck and skill.
Historical Mysteries Andrew Lang 1878
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"Ay, Heaven forbid, as you say -- and, in the meantime, I'll take a hit at trick-track with Harrison."
Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"Ay, Heaven forbid, as you say -- and, in the meantime, I'll take a hit at trick-track with Harrison."
Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801
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