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- proper noun A male
given name . Popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
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So even though Geoffrey is originally French-at least derived fr.
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In a bit of crazy "meta" madness, Jennifer Pelland is writing a new story based on a victim in Geoffrey Girard's "Cain Xp11" series currently running in Apex Digest.
Yet Another Deb Taber Post apexdigest 2007
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One of the things I love about Geoffrey is the way we teach each other about our respective music and poetry tastes.
Subverting the local paradigm reynardo 2002
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"Critique" thus emerges as a moment of interference between an intuitive commitment to "action" and an encroaching consciousness of one's epistemological abjection, because, in Geoffrey Hartman's words, "the field of action ... includes the past: its relation to the crisis at hand."
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By Wednesday morning, I learned that the governor-general was safe, and I called Geoffrey Howe to inform him and found that he already knew.
Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993
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By Wednesday morning, I learned that the governor-general was safe, and I called Geoffrey Howe to inform him and found that he already knew.
Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993
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'Oh, yes,' he agreed, 'they won't care about anybody else while Geoffrey is there.'
The Convert 1907
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"Geoffrey" -- pronounced in an undertone, restrained me from committing an act of violence.
The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I Susanna Moodie 1844
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Im also certain Geoffrey Rush will return (if not already aware), he confirmed so on an Australian radio show a month or so ago mentioning the movie and consequent filming. jason b this is a testament to the colaborative nature of filmmaking - how its a breathing machine, and every piece is just as important than the last/case in point: the badassery of casting directors. how unbelievably perfect is it that macshane play this role?! its right there in our faces & i woulda never thoguht of it. christ this is as dead on a rush/barbosa, or stewart/prof x, among many other perfectly cast roles.
Ian McShane Cast in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | /Film 2010
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And if you are wondering what this general foray into animal history has to do with the history of poetry, check out that excerpt from Christopher Smart again: to love the random actions of the cat Geoffrey is not like loving any human being, but for Smart – a very pious man (he was locked up because he couldn’t stop praying) – it is much like loving God’s presence in this world.
existentialolcaturday : Stephen Burt : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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