How To Use Mrs. In A Sentence
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Mrs. Dudgeon unbars the door and opens it, letting into the stuffy kitchen a little of the freshness and a great deal of the chill of the dawn, also her second son Christy, a fattish, stupid, fair-haired, round-faced man of about 22, muffled in a plaid shawl and grey overcoat.
The Devil's Disciple
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Mrs. Cook assured him, the conjurer was a good Christian; and that he gained all his knowledge by conversing with the stars and planets.
The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
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Peter said, signaling to the waiter: "When I got that letter from Mrs. Dawson I felt sick, positively _sick_.
Working Murder
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At first I was minded to send a boat after them, but by this time the rafts were a good two miles beyond the harbour, and Mrs. Purchase said, 'No, they can do no good, poor dears; let them have their few hours' pleasure. '
Shining Ferry
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Your honour indeed told me so, said Mrs. Jervis: but I never found her inclinable to think herself in a fault.
Pamela
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‘No Clymer, I want you to try serving underhand,’ Mrs. Toth said, sounding exasperated.
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About two hours after De Forest made his report, Green came in and reported that according to orders he had "shadowed" De Forest and Mrs. Maroney when they drove into the city.
The Expressman and the Detective
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And the great Maggie Smith, as a dotty old dame named Mrs. Docherty, grabs her moment of unglory by sitting on a pad of cowflop that goes squish.
'Last Dancer': Ultimately on Point
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Mrs. Lopez wheeled around and whispered something in Eddie's ear.
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To have shown it to her husband would have been her first impulse; but, besides that he was absent from home, and the matter too delicate to be the subject of correspondence by an indifferent penwoman, Mrs. Butler recollected that he was not possessed of the information necessary to form a judgment upon the occasion; and that, adhering to the rule which she had considered as most advisable, she had best transmit the information immediately to her sister, and leave her to adjust with her husband the mode in which they should avail themselves of it.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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His father now ceremoniously conducted Mrs. Penniman to what he spoke of as the banqueting hall.
The Wrong Twin
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In the first horror occasioned by her father's distress from the bills of her brother, she wrote a supplicating letter to Mrs. Mittin, to intreat she would endeavour to quiet her creditors till she could arrange something for their payment.
Camilla
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Mrs. Johnson to go into the country with us, and she, after long reluctation on Hippy's account, consented, agreeing to send him away to friends during her absence.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)
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Though I was on friendlier, more relaxed and affectionate terms with my fellow western-New Yorker John Gardner, who'd published an early short story of mine titled "The Death of Mrs. Sheer" in his literary magazine "MSS" -- and who regarded me, somewhat embarrassingly, as a "major American writer" -- like himself -- it can't be said that John Gardner was a mentor of mine either.
Joyce Carol Oates's 'In the Absence of Mentors/Monsters': Narrative Magazine
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Berry, a spool of cotton for Mrs. Wentworth, and a pair of "galluses" for Living Bean.
The Village Watch-Tower
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He had turned his head, and was looking oh-so-casually off toward the chromolithograph of Bonnie Prince Charlie with which Mrs. Baird had seen fit to decorate our wall.
Sick Cycle Carousel
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It was a good thing Mrs. Scott's mom was so involved with her son, or else she'd have noticed the horror-struck expression on my face.
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The furniture was sparse—a dresser with delft, a rough kitchen table with chairs, the armchair she sat in, and the rocking chair in which Mrs. Prendergast rocked, a black-and-white cat purring companionably on her lap.
Winter Bloom
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Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds find surprising satisfaction in fulfilling their everyday needs.
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Where are you going, Rex?" said Anna one gray morning when her father had set off in his carriage to the sessions, Mrs. Gascoigne with him, and she had observed that her brother had on his antigropelos, the utmost approach he possessed to a hunting equipment.
Daniel Deronda
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She boarded that first year down at Mrs. Hallam 's by the Presbyterian church, and you would see her on the veranda there reading.
52449_CLARA
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If any one hated papistry Mrs. Bolton did so; but from a similar action of religious fanaticism she had fallen into worse that papistical self-persecution.
John Caldigate
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Mrs. Brown was anxious to marry off her five daughters.
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Mrs. Smith has done for her by a neighbor.
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Sarah Sallee, the strawberry-blond daughter of Mrs. Phelps, the sixth grade teacher at Garrett Elementary, was a lofty and unattained love of mine.
The Impossible Division by Zero
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Piff, and Mrs. Sniff, was unanimous opposed to her going; for, as they says to Our Missis one and all, it is well beknown to the hends of the herth as no other nation except Britain has a idea of anythink, but above all of business.
Mugby Junction
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Mrs. King, allopathist, and Mrs. Hortz, homeopathist, are regular graduates in good practice at Des Moines.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)
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Mrs. Babbit would bring a pot of the "Soup of the Day" from the adjoining diner for the maids to enjoy with whatever oddment they had brought from home to eat.
Everyday Things Made Beautiful
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Mrs. Brown was anxious to marry off her five daughters.
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In the last week, on this site, Senator Clinton has been called lesbo, clinton II, Billary, Mrs. Bill, Hillary the fascist, and Bush-lite.
New Hillary Ad: "A Nation At War"
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Each morning, Mrs. A boils a potful of water and uses it throughout the day.
Diffusion of Innovations
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Emma asked Mrs. Elton about her musical abilities, and she was both modest and boastful.
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#9 POSTED BY jeff, Aug 21st, 2009 11: 30 am hello? anakin skywalker!!!!! then again I’m sure Palpatine was not a very good husband but we never get to see Mrs. Palpatine.
Top 10 Worst Movie Husbands » Scene-Stealers
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Music was provided on organ by Mrs. Mary Deering accompanied by St. Kevin's choir.
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He said that Mr. Obama came out of Iowa with momentum but Mrs. Clinton turned it around with her debate performance Saturday night and what he called a humanizing moment on the campaign trail on Monday.
Archive 2008-01-01
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Mrs. Blower, knows how to bring down that robust health, which is a very alarming state of the frame when it is considered secundum artem.
Saint Ronan's Well
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Mrs. Tarbell, deeply mortified, resumed her occupation, and completed the _precipe_ by writing the words, "Tarbell, pro plff.
Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
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Mrs. Hemmings, the housekeeper, went upstairs, imagining Horatio to be there.
ALL ABOUT LOVE
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On a railway journey Mrs. Johnson liked to sit facing toward the engine.
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She watched for Mrs. Higgins 'return, and knew that the litheness and grace had not been imagined.
CHAPTER III
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame member, now 73 years old, recalls the spartan Marion County coal camp of his youth, where his teachers Mrs. Hornyak and Mr. Wolfe made lasting impressions.
59 Top Stories, Sports and Weather
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On Washington Avenue, where clubs now pulse till dawn, stores used to sell whitefish and five-and-dime notions to gray-haired ladies like Mrs. Wallach.
Lea Lane: South Beach: Then and Now
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Mrs Obama and Mrs. Biden both said military families are apriority to them, maybe we should send letters to their offices telling them how that would affect our families.
A Policy Under Review - SpouseBUZZ
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Mrs. Knap enjoyed birdwatching around her home and was especially fond of seeing cardinals in the snow and pileated woodpeckers.
Eleanore K. Knap, college employee
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Fleda, my dear," said Mrs. Evelyn, with that trembling tone of concealed ecstasy which always set every one of Fleda's nerves a-jarring "you may tell the gentlemen that they do not always know when they are making an unfelicitous compliment I never read what poets say about 'briny drops' and 'salt tears', without imagining the heroine immediately to be something like Lot's wife.
Queechy, Volume II
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Mrs. Dalloway is about another woman named Clarissa, an upper-middle-class woman, a perfect hostess, who is planning a party.
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Barbara sat in tears, for the justice was giving her a "piece of his mind," and poor Mrs. Hare deferently agreeing with her husband, as she would have done had he proposed to set the house on fire and burn her up in it, yet sympathizing with Barbara, moved uneasily in her chair.
East Lynne
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It was a cruel drawback to her hopes to see him first thus in public: but the manner of Mrs. Arlbery at the hotel, he had thought repulsive; he had observed that she seemed offended with him since the rencounter at the breakfast given for Miss Dennel; and he now wished for some encouragement for renewing his rights to the acquaintance.
Camilla
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And with this Mrs. Shum began sobbin; and Miss Betsy began yowling like a cat in a gitter; and pore missis cried, too — tears is so remarkable infeckshus.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
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“Mrs. Pryor has contracted hepatitis C and a mild case of gonococcus.”
Red Hats
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In this regard, it is no surprise that the narrative of Ben's sexual affair with Mrs. Robinson is intercut with scenes featuring him either lounging in or submerged in the waters of the pool.
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Mrs. Peacock Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that in the 1980s manufacturing output rose by31 percent?
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The Hammonds, intent on fraud, certainly would not have explained the proposed sale transaction to Mrs. Steed.
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Mrs. Honoria leaned her two round arms on the mezzanine rail, and looked long and earnestly down upon the caucussing lobby throng.
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
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The vulgar always knew what General danced with the lovely Miss A., and how they looked, and what they said to each other; how many jewels Miss A. wore, and the material her dress was made of; they knew who polkaed with the accomplished Miss B., and how like a duchess she bore herself; they had the exact name of the colonel who dashed along so like a knight with the graceful and much-admired Mrs. D., whose husband was abroad serving his country; what gallant captain of dragoons (captains of infantry were looked upon as not what they might be) promenaded so imperiously with the vivacious Miss E.; and what distinguished foreigner sat all night in the corner holding a suspicious and very improper conversation with Miss
An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith
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'I'm sure,' added Mrs. Smith in a more philosophic tone, and as a terminative speech, 'if there'd been so much trouble to get a husband in my time as there is in these days -- when you must make a god-almighty of
A Pair of Blue Eyes
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This good fortune is attributed to the owner, Mrs. Viola Vickham, an avowed Francophobe who refused to buy or serve any French imports, including the infamous "adverse cam(em)ber(t).
Archive 2006-08-01
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My fancy was in such good working trim that before I knew it I kicked the wagon wheel, and I certainly got as warm as the most "sot" Scientist that ever read Mrs. Eddy could possibly wish.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
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Mother and Mrs. Barker like to compare notes about cooking.
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Mrs. Williams responded meekly enough but I was sure the moment I was gone the kitchen maids and housemaids would be treated to a rant.
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Curious was an evening visit to the Russian Embassy, Mrs. Straus being carried in a sedan-chair, her husband walking beside her in evening dress at one door, I at the other, and a kavass, with drawn sword, marching at the head of the procession.
[Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White
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They were seated at a card table Mrs. Madrigal had hauled up from the basement.
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
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When indisposition, therefore, confined her to the limits of her own apartment, our heroine adopted the same mode of conduct observed at the Hermitage, during Mrs. Bertram’s illness: — she sung, she read, she assisted Mrs. Ross in any piece of fine needle-work which happened to be in hands at the time; and, in short, endeavoured to soften the painful or tedious moments of distress by every possible means best calculated for the purpose.
Stella of the North, or the Foundling of the Ship
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As soon as it was gone, Helen asked her father what was the reason of calling the place where the great stone described by Mrs. Scott stood, the Shaw rigg?
The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People
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I got the impression that Mrs. Fleming was the boss of the family.
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His late wife, "pretty Mrs. Frescheville," had died in childbed on May 22nd, 1653.
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
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She received, also, a little, though mournful, reprieve from terror, by a letter from Lisbon, written to again postpone the return of Mrs. Tyrold, at the earnest request of Mr. Relvil; and she flattered herself that, before her arrival, she should be enabled to resume those only duties which could draw her from despondence.
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
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Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Manlius, having, as managers, set the little piece on the stage in good condition, were carrying on a private undertoned conversation, which resulted in Mrs. Manlius asking, in an engaging manner, --
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865
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Q Joe, Howard Wolfson, who is the spokesman for Mrs. Clinton's exploratory committee, says, "she stands by her Saturday statement," which was that the FALN convicts '"absence of a response speaks volumes," and the commutation is a mistake.
Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart
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Major De Salis returned for answer, that "Mrs. Duberly had not disembarked from the 'Shooting Star,' and he had not sufficient authority to order her to do so.
Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol
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On reaching the house, Mrs. Ormonde went straight to her own apartment to "refit," and Katherine sat down in the smaller drawing or morning room, which looked west and was cool.
A Crooked Path A Novel
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''I feel her everywhere,'' Mrs. Danvers insinuatingly tells the second Mrs. de Winter, the unnamed narrator.
Psychos, Obsessives And Other Loons
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tidied," Mrs. Somerville sat down on the bed and taking up some pieces of cloth began to tack them together with needle and thread, ready for the machine.
The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel
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I assure you, Mrs. Wangel, they can ac-climatise themselves.
The Lady from the Sea
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Arrey yaar… you planning to take Mrs. Gupta to the dance or what?
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Mrs. Brondon had absolutely no symptoms referable to cardiac disease or heart trouble,'' Judge Michael Telesca ruled Nov. 9, 2010.
Death of a loved one can be beginning of hard fight with life insurer
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Miss Margland, who came but for two days, sought with much adulation to obtain an invitation for a longer stay; but Mrs. Berlinton, though all courtesy and grace, incommoded herself with no society that she did not find pleasing.
Camilla
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Viola in any way with it, and it seemed impossible, also, for Mrs. Lambert to sit where she was and handle the cone, to say nothing of the ventriloquistic skill necessary to carry on this conversation.
The Tyranny of the Dark
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Mrs. D. will transfer her interest in the matrimonial home to Mr. D. provided that she can lift the Legal Aid liens on the property to a payment agreement form.
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It must be added, that, though the effluvium which is left by the footsteps of man is in general sufficient to induce lions to avoid a village, there are exceptions; so many came about our half-deserted houses at Chonuane while we were in the act of removing to Kolobeng, that the natives who remained with Mrs. Livingstone were terrified to stir out of doors in the evenings.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
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Well," said Mrs. P ," this certainly proves that Jean had no part in the writing of these notes.
52449_CLARA
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On the 24th, the day that I was to have supposedly murdered Mrs. Stotler, the prosecutors themselves have alibied me, by collecting testimony.
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The “Interior of Willesden Church” is excellent as a composition, and a piece of artistical workmanship; the groups are well arranged; and the figure of Mrs. Sheppard looking round alarmed, as her son is robbing the dandy Kneebone, is charming, simple, and unaffected.
George Cruikshank
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Benefactress! benefactress!" said I inwardly: "they all call Mrs. Reed my benefactress; if so, a benefactress is a disagreeable thing.
Jane Eyre: an autobiography, Vol. I.
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Her English teacher, Mrs. Tates, prided herself on always letting the computer randomly pick the seating assignment.
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Mrs. Brown was anxious to marry off her five daughters.
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Mrs. Smith is caring for her husband with some assistance from home care aides.
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The Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Mackay were piped from the banquet hall to the Toronto Room where they received the guests.
Dinner In Honour of The Honourable J. Keiller Mackay
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Even Mrs. Rooney, who thought that her boy was "the sweetest craythur the cun shines on," preferred to hear him called "Handy Andy" rather than
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
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Mrs. Anne Turner was a dame somewhat of the occupation of Mrs. Suddlechop in the text; that is, half milliner half procuress, and secret agent in all manner of proceedings.
The Fortunes of Nigel
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For once, however, this apophthegm failed; the next call was altogether as ineffectual as the former; and moreover, attended with a phenomenon which to them was equally strange and inexplicable: this was no other than such a reduction in the size of Mrs. Trunnion as might have been expected after the birth of a full-grown child.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
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A curtain, easily attached by hooks between the centerboard-case and the roof, at night screened Mrs. Hastings 'sleeping quarters.
CHAPTER XI
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‘Oh, you impudent child,’ Mrs. Hastings muttered through clenched teeth.
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At Mrs. J's direction, Sara propped his legs up on a couple of down pillows, covered him snugly and bathed his forehead with a cool washcloth.
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Mrs. Wilson, I'm going to give you an injection to help you relax.
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She showed us into a quaint, small drawing room which owed its atmosphere quite clearly to Mrs. Camber, for whereas the study was indescribably untidy, this was a model of neatness without being formal or unhomely.
Bat Wing
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Then came Mrs. T's revolution, which delivered the coup de grace to heavy manufacturing after decades of free trade mania and dirigiste trade unions had resulted in us becoming 'uncompetitive', a sin apparently on a par with barratry and fratricide.
Whae's Like Us ?
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Fred brought out casually, " I saw Mrs. Fortescue going off to work when I came out.
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Aye, and his affairs an a, said the Deacon; the creditors have entered into possession o the estate, and its for sale; and some that made the maist by himI name nae names, but Mrs. Mac-Candlish kens wha I mean (the landlady shook her head significantly) theyre sairest on him een now.
Chapter XI
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Why to be sure Christmas is coming," laughed Mrs. Merrill, "and here I've been waiting and waiting and _waiting_ for you to talk about it till, actually, I thought I'd had to begin myself, if you didn't wake up pretty soon.
Mary Jane's City Home
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I had beed to sleeb ad was just dreabig that sobeone was sayig, 'Mrs. Behetable Burchison is _so_ fod of fish, and we ofted have fish for didder,' whed I woke ub and saw all those horrible cats lookig id ad the widdow; id quide gave be
The Wallypug in London
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Or Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown probably too art-housey for this list, which is a fine, upstanding film, as long as you ignore everything in it that pretends to be a historical fact.
Film
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Mrs. Baylor strode to the elevator and punched the button.
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Only Mrs. Martin and her two daughters were present, and just when their caution and reserve were starting to melt, it was time to leave.
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Mrs. E., the only gori present, intervened in her usual quiet, efficient way.
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He acted, indeed, as if he quite enjoyed it -- though he was careful not to show it too ardently: he had discovered that Mrs. Polly had for so long been Miss Polly that she was inclined to retreat in a panic and dub her ministrations "silly," if they were received with too much notice and eagerness.
Pollyanna Grows Up
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And Mrs. Browning laughed too, as Flush flung himself down on the bedroom floor and slept soundly upon the arms of the Guidi family inlaid in scagliola.
Flush: a biography
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Mrs. Twittle, the cook, smiled at her kindly while stirring an undoubtedly delicious brew in a large pot.
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Would that, for the sake of herself and her beautiful daughter ... would that for the sake of public morality, Mrs. Robinson were persuaded to dismiss the gloomy phantom of annihilation; to think seriously of a future rebribution; and to communicate to the world a recantation of errors that originated in levity, and have been nursed by pleasure.
Editorial Notes to 'Letter to the Women of England'
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Mrs. Tremaine grew more and more worried at his pallid face and stertorous breathing.
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It became a custom, in anticipation of a "shivaree," to send round word to Mrs. Ferris not to be afraid, the shooting was all in fun.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
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Mrs. Willis rolled her eyes toward Heaven in a mute appeal for help, while Adam laughed, put down a bag, and pushed the door open.
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Mrs. Goodhart swam an orthodox crawl.
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The dog food Mrs. Sternheim consumed was top-of-the-line, gourmet bowwow, nutritional and preservative-free manna – "it tastes like a natural food product" – which she'll commence selling in early December in adjunct space to Zitomer Pharmacy and Department Store, the ne plus ultra pharmacy and emporium she and her husband, Howard Sternheim, own at 969 Madison Avenue.
Zitomer's Goes to the Dogs (and Cats)
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The butler suavely tries to inform her; the housekeeper removed the white crotcheted scarfs and things from the gilded chairs, and I am sure Mrs. Denning had a heartache about their loss; but she saw that they had also vanished from
The Man Between, an International Romance
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Seven faithful worthies trudged up the steps of the underground shelter, lugging the corpses of Mr. and Mrs. Hitler in Wehrmacht blankets.
The Nazis' Last Stand
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Mrs. Michelson, a Bethesda resident, was co-owner of Arrow Leading Corp. in Mount Rainier from the 1960s to 1980s.
Miriam R. Michelson, business owner, volunteer
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Mr. & Mrs. T spent zilch on media last year, per Competitive Media Reporting, after spending $123,000 in 1999.
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In a flash I knew that if I added malic acid to the mercury -- perchloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate -- I would have calomel or subchloride of mercury, the only thing that would switch the poison out of my system and Mrs. Boncour's.
The Poisoned Pen
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Mrs. Plummet shed real tears when I told her my good news at six o'clock that night; and more tears a fortnight later when I moved out of my little hall bedroom, and my feather-weight trunk, lightsomely balanced on the shoulders of one man, was conveyed to the express-wagon and thence to new lodgings in Irving Place.
The Fifth Wheel A Novel
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In the second-story front room at Mrs. McKee's, the barytone slept heavily, and made divers unvocal sounds.
K
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The very next day, Mrs. Rocard hosted a luncheon for the delegate spouses, which would have been very awkward if her husband had been ousted the night before.
Barbara Bush
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Mrs. Miller is very keen on art.
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Mrs. Cherry seems altogether weighed down by her work plus parenthood.
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Mrs. Norris was too much vexed to submit with a good grace.
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He is a tobacco seller door-to-door and his wife, Mrs. Lai Heng Lort, is a brown 'sapote' (fruit) seller and besides this, she is a pig breeder as well.
Kiva Loans
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This Account ravels several Strands that may be pull'd from the Life Story of Mrs. Palin.
The Lipstick Coffeehouse.
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Here I underwent a second survey, which ended in the full approbation of Mrs. Phoebe Ayres, the name of my tutoress elect, to whose care and instructions I was affectionately recommended.
Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
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A little unverbalized sound answered that, and Mrs. Somers said good evening and walked on.
Say and Seal, Volume I
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` ` Od, lass, '' said Mrs. Shortcake, weighing it in her hand, and wishing, doubtless, that the too, too solid wax would melt and dissolve itself, ` ` I wad like to ken what's in the inside o 'this, for that Lovel dings a' that ever set foot on the plainstanes o '
The Antiquary
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Mrs. Jones is a confessed alcoholic.
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Mrs. Tuitt was and is a good role model at a time when these are not plentiful.
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Mrs. Dickinson, presently "coming up with" Rosamund's party, became absolutely "waggish" (the Dean's expression), and made Rosamund laugh with that almost helpless spontaneity which is the greatest compliment to a joke.
In the Wilderness
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Mrs. Anders had insisted on pronouncing "borscht" the way it was spelled, sounding out the silent "t," and no matter how often he said it correctly, she refused to vary her pronunciation.
The Town
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Mrs. Landford, the housemother, came upon them herself when she smelled the smoke and heard the laughter.
Olivia
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There was an atmosphere of the world about Sylvia which Mrs. Lem recognized at once from long experience with summer people; and secure in her pompadour, the psyche knot, and the shine of her best gown, she wished to show this young girl that her sophistication was shared even in a rural district.
The Opened Shutters
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Mrs. Mirvan then advanced to him, and said in French, that she was sure the Captain had not any intention to affront him, and begged he would desist from a dispute which could only be productive of mutual misunderstanding, as neither of them knew the language of the other.
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
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Mrs. Raven. –Apart from Mrs. Raven. –Uh, well, what about him? He looks a bit peaky.
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Mrs. Miller then fell upon her knees, and in the most passionate terms implored her compassion; to which Sophia answered:
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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Beyond Mr Jefferson's high black hat, through those tangled dew-drops of flame, Mr Goosevort saw golden hair glide softly through the oasis of bodies gathered vaguely round the stage, Mr Umberto and Mrs. Jefferson laughed again together, and Mr Howle's mournful ululation could be heard adrift a lake of rabble... golden hair turning away and fluttering into the shadow of a winding stairway.
Mr Goosevort
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So spoke Mrs. Tynan to her daughter, who alternately swung backwards and forwards in a big rocking-chair, silently gazing into the distant sky, or sat still and "cackled" as her mother had said.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
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Mrs. Flinders decided to have her portrait painted.
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Mrs. Henderson was on the phone with the police, trying to get past the dispatcher.
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Mrs. Bates, the widow of a former vicar of Highbury, was a very old lady, almost past every thing but tea and quadrille.
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What a lucky day Emma thought to herself as Mrs. Watson held out the yellow slip admitting her to the in school detention room.
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Mrs. Howard fingered the lopsided gold triangle that graced her moiré collar.
SORT OF RICH
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Mrs. Trebond looked weary, but Angel could tell that she was exhilarated by the tell-tale flush on her cheeks.
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A rich strong expressive affection in short pounced upon her in the shape of a handsomer, ampler, older Mrs. Beale.
What Maisie Knew
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Mr. Dambar had started off as an assistant to Mrs. Spear's husband.
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It distinguished the dowager Mrs. Smith from the wife of her eldest son; today the word dowager, imitating the English usage, is frequently employed in fashionable society.
Chapter 4. American and English Today. 4. Euphemisms
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With a click of a sharp heel, Mrs. Watson clacked down a narrow sidewalk leading to a small brick building.
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I must say you are not a prophesier of '_smooth things_'" said Mrs. Elwyn, "but still, I hope the dismal things you have hinted at may not come to pass.
Lewie Or, The Bended Twig
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And, to prove it, engaged passage at once, for the next upcoast trip, on the same little steamer which a few days earlier had carried Mr. and Mrs. Benis H. Spence.
The Window-Gazer
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Mr. and Mrs. Swanson paid me to find you and bring you back; offered a bonus for the ’bring you back’ part.
Fateful Journeys
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So Mrs. Sebright calls for us to settle down and to pull out our worksheets about atoms.
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In summer evenings Mrs. Bolam could lie and watch the sun setting behind a castellation of sloping roofs and twisting chimneys with, in the distance, the turrets of St. Pancras St.tion darkening against a flaming sky.
A Mind to Murder
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Loud rattled the teaboard to Mrs. Berry's dropping hands.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
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It's a wonderful thing and God be thankit," said Mrs. Macaur.
Robin
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Impossible, also, to imagine him calling the boardinghouse again and again until finally Mrs. O’Toole said, “Listen, sugar.
Middlesex
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Mrs. Vostrand owned as much; and he added: "Well, I guess you won't find a much sightlier place anywhere; though, accordin 'to Jeff's say, here, they've got bigger mountains on the other side.
The Landlord at Lion's Head — Volume 1
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My amusements were few; the good Mrs. Putnam employed me and her daughters constantly to spin flax for shirts for the American soldiers; indolence, in America, being totally discouraged; and I likewise worked some for General Putnam, who, though not an accomplished muscadin, like our dilletantis of St. James's-street, was certainly one of the best characters in the world; His heart being composed of those noble materials which equally command respect and admiration.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr
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Mrs. Flaunders sends her a nasty look and continues droning on.
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In his preface to the book he speaks of her as a fair representation, at the time it was published, of the hired attendant on the poor in sickness: but he might have added that the rich were no better off, for Mrs. Gamp's original was in reality a person hired by a most distinguished friend of his own, a lady, to take charge of an invalid very dear to her; and the common habit of this nurse in the sick room, among other Gampish peculiarities, was to rub her nose along the top of the tall fender.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete
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Mrs. Smith trusted the lawyer until she realized that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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To make you understand the full what-d'you-call-it of the situation, I shall have to explain just how matters stood between Mrs. Yeardsley and myself.
My Man Jeeves
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But graces and accomplishments like yours, dear Mrs. Hopkinson," he said oleaginously, "belong to the whole country.
The Story of a Mine
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Moors, whose feats were quoted by Mrs. Elliot to her grandsons; and, accordingly, is generally represented as bewitching the sheep, causing the ewes to keb, that is to cast their lambs, or seen loosening the impending wreath of snow to precipitate its weight on such as take shelter, during the storm, beneath the bank of a torrent, or under the shelter of a deep glen.
The Black Dwarf
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Well, we were hilariously planning what Mrs. O'Shaughnessy called a "widdy" Christmas and getting supper, when a great stamping-off of snow proclaimed a newcomer.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
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Her people's era on West 107th long since past, Mrs. Weissman had no fondness for the coarse new crowd, and in truth, was a kind of pitiable figure - a yenta who had lost her nosiness.
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Mrs. Obama, in the statement, called Sher's White House service a "gift" and said: "As sad as I am to see Susan go, I always knew she would return to her family and her community in Chicago.
Chicagotribune.com - News
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Mrs. d' Urberville instructs Tess to whistle to the bullfinches that Mrs. d' Urberville treats as pets and Alec surprises Tess as she's practicing her whistling in the garden.
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She may be of far less importance in the great world of society than some Mrs. Smith, who, having nothing else, is set down as of the highest rank in that unpublished but well-known book of heraldry which is so thoroughly understood in America as a tradition.
Manners and Social Usages
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In a miscellaneous company, Mrs. Pryor rarely opened her lips; or, if obliged to speak, she spoke under restraint, and consequently not well; in dialogue, she was a good converser: her language, always a little formal, was well chosen; her sentiments were just; her information was varied and correct.
Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
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Update: Now the interview with fellow bloggers (and personal friends) Mrs. Deane is up!
Conscientious: Weblogs: March 2008 Archives
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Next I took the liberty of calling on his daughter, Mrs. Carolan.
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Last night we had a little party on the stage: some Gaelic Leaguers, who brought me a bouquet; some people from the Aran colony – including Synge's friend, McDonough whom I had also known in Aran; and from Kiltartan Mary R. and a cousin and Mrs. Hession's daughters, with the husband of one.
Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography
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The doctor says that Mrs. Chester will pull through.
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Guess what? I'm going to dinner at Mrs. Combley's tonight.
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Mrs. Oldershaw, which would protect me from all danger of the two leaguing together against me if I trusted him.
Armadale
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A. M., was written by Mrs. MacLehose, the "Clarinda" of Burns, and is to be found in most of the lives of the Scottish poet.
Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851
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Oh," said Mrs. Severance again, but this time tinily and with a flavor of third acts about her, and she started to relax rather beautifully into a
Young People's Pride
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Somebody must have corrected him then, for he scratched out the "Misses," and wrote on top "Mrs.
Five Little Peppers and their Friends
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Many newspapers, periodicals and fiction of the day detailed the accidents and almost-accidents which befell early motorists, such as when Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, upon taking her new motorcar for a trial run, accidentally drove backwards and knocked over a passing man, and then proceeded to drive over him twice more before he got away and she got out of the car.
To Drive a Motorcar | Edwardian Promenade
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Mrs. Darby has lived in Kentucky for seven years.
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Mrs. Smith is too contrary to make friends easily.
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Mrs. Dods put on a joyous countenance at this proposal, protesting that all should be done in her power to make things agreeable; and while her good friend, Mr. Bindloose, expatiated upon the comfort her new guest would experience at the Cleikum, she silently contemplated with delight the prospect of a speedy and dazzling triumph, by carrying off a creditable customer from her showy and successful rival at the Well.
Saint Ronan's Well
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Seeing this, Mrs. Jo proposed that she should learn how to do it nicely, and Nursey had an apt pupil in bandaging, plastering, and fomenting.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
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Mrs. Cummings has been actively involved with the church for years.
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And then he went and had an affair with the totally untalented KATE CAPSHAW who remains Mrs. Spielberg to this day, leaving Amy to star in films like "Yentl" and to show up at Tom Stoppard's plays wearing gold muu-muus with gold sandals, looking like a kind of blinged-out Hare Krishna?
Worshiping the Golden Caftan
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Felicity took one look at old Mrs. Briney and burst out laughing, sniggering and pointing at her.
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Old Mrs. Flaherty declared, amid her giggles, that "the two eyes av the craythur fairly give her a turn," and when asked to explain she pointed to the gongs at the top of the apparatus.
Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls
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They combined the confidingness of a child with the poet-passion of heart and of intellect; and in gazing into them it was easy to read _why_ Mrs. Browning wrote.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861
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Mrs. Moore could speak — Very true, however, was all she said, with a motion of her head that expressed the bow-approbatory.
Clarissa Harlowe
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JAMES CARVILLE, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: If Mrs. Clinton were to say, you know, Bill, James is coming in here, and he has got some things to say, and we ought to listen very carefully to what he says, well, believe you me, that's a pretty good endorsement.
CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2006
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Pugach and Riss (still Mrs. Pugach) are still very much alive in Queens (where else?).
GreenCine Daily: Park City Dispatch. 9.
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He testified that, in his opinion, this option was available to Mr. Lenz, given the support payments he was already making to Mrs. Lenz under the prior, informal agreement.
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He has lately allowed in a published letter that he used a poem by Mrs. Whitman in "concocting" one of his own.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867
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Miss Wakefield rushed past Mrs. Drupe into the apartment, and turned the teleseme to the word "manager," and then pressed the button three times in quick succession.
Duffels
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Just then, the servant enters the room and urgently asks Mrs. Bird to follow him into the kitchen.
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Mrs. Winchester believed ill would befall her if she ever stopped altering her sprawling mansion.
