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  • Nothing had been forgotten which could add comfort, for all hands had been working hard, and each peon, too, had done his share; in fact, the sight would have rejoiced the soul of the most ardent, red-tied Socialist, for surely never did a community carry out more thoroughly the principle of "each one working for the happiness of others."

    Argentina from a British Point of View Various

  • Dislike of the red-tied youth, born of his predatory opinions and evident intimacy with the pretty godchild, led Fischer to say, in his most sarcastic, magisterial manner: 'No doubt you have found something much lower than sitting on a top hat.

    The Innocence of Father Brown: The Flying Stars Gilbert Keith 1911

  • How came this red-tied scoffer so far on the road of religion as to be damned?

    Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899

  • No one ever had a more cheery and good-tempered lot of pupils than I had in my blue-clad, red-tied disciples.

    The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • 'The Usual Suspects'-style film poster - from red-tied Jack Straw's stuffy frown to slithery-topped Yvette Cooper's sneer.

    The Latest From www.politics.co.uk 2010

  • Dislike of the red-tied youth, born of his predatory opinions and evident intimacy with the pretty godchild, led Fischer to say, in his most sarcastic, magisterial manner: “No doubt you have found something much lower than sitting on a top hat.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • Dislike of the red-tied youth, born of his predatory opinions and evident intimacy with the pretty godchild, led Fischer to say, in his most sarcastic, magisterial manner: “No doubt you have found something much lower than sitting on a top hat.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • Dislike of the red-tied youth, born of his predatory opinions and evident intimacy with the pretty godchild, led Fischer to say, in his most sarcastic, magisterial manner: "No doubt you have found something much lower than sitting on a top hat.

    The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003

  • Dislike of the red-tied youth, born of his predatory opinions and evident intimacy with the pretty godchild, led Fischer to say, in his most sarcastic, magisterial manner: "No doubt you have found something much lower than sitting on a top hat.

    The Innocence of Father Brown 1905

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