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I looked in my race booklet at the horse names calling out to me: Past the Point, More Than A Reason, Honest Man.
Colin Barnicle: Screw the Derby: Gamblers, Lawyers and an Honest Man for the Eighth on Lafayette 2010
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But the Honest Man explained that as he was merely the agent of a company of other honest men it was none of his affair; and when the officers came to serve him with a subpoena he hid himself behind his back and wiled away the dragging hours of retirement and inaction by picking his own pockets.
Fantastic Fables Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1899
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Bishop DOUGLAS, _Seasonable Hints from an Honest Man_, 1761; _Case of the Troops Serving in Germany_, 1781; MAUDUIT, _Occasional Thoughts on the Present German War_, 1761, and other pamphlets.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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But the Honest Man explained that as he was merely the agent of a company of other honest men it was none of his affair; and when the officers came to serve him with a subpoena he hid himself behind his back and wiled away the dragging hours of retirement and inaction by picking his own pockets.
Fantastic Fables Ambrose Bierce 1878
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