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  • In the far south the Dutch encountered a proto-state, whose leader they referred to as the "Prince [vorst] of Lonkjouw."

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • Ze vorst sing you could do vould be speak to ze Ugandan officials.

    Kahawa Westlake, Donald E. 1982

  • They were not food - Food was a platter of sizzling vorst steak, a mound of well-cooked lattress, beaten, creamed with otan oil and herbs; it was an omelet of trurax eggs sweetened just enough with a syrup of bargee buds; it was -

    The Zero Stone Norton, Andre 1968

  • By-and-by, we may teach t'em t'at bat organism is t'e vorst of crimes; beautiful organism t'e first duty.

    The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark

  • Her best vork lives a little v'ile and produces its kind, and t'e vorst does not, and t'ey go down t'e dark vay toget'er and Nature neit'er veeps nor relents Kosmos is greater t'an t'e indifidual and a million years are short.

    The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark

  • Ay don’t know—it’s dat funny vay ole davil sea do her vorst dirty tricks, yes.

    Act IV. Anna Christie 1922

  • "Vell dem poor Goronofskys iss de vorst," declared the grocery-store woman, shaking her head.

    The Corner House Girls at School Grace Brooks Hill 1917

  • "Now the vorst of all these rogues vos a cove called Black Dan, a thieving, murdering, desprit wagabone as vere ewcntually 'ung sky-'igh on Pembury' Ill --"

    The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • "Volks ain't partial to me in these yere parts, and as to them three, they're a bad lot, they are, but Vistlin 'Dick's the vorst -- mark my vords,' e'll come to be topped yet."

    The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • "Yah, dis vos der vorst tinner vot I efer see alretty!" was Hans 'comment.

    The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

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