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For the Fairy Blackstick coming to call upon the Prince and Princess, who were actually sitting at the open drawing-room window, Gruffanuff not only denied them, but made the most ODIOUS VULGAR SIGN as he was going to slam the door in the
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Their fathers, when they gave _some_ protection, did it because the time had come when, not to do it would make them 'ODIOUS,' So the legislature of 1821 made
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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Their fathers, when they gave _some_ protection, did it because the time had come when, not to do it would make them 'ODIOUS,' So the legislature of 1821 made
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Whig party, who does not recollect with what effect and spirit JOH. H. CROZIER ran over the list of ODIOUS OLD FEDERALISTS, then fighting under the Democratic flag, among them naming out JAMES BUCH.NAN?
Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors William Gannaway Brownlow 1841
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The reason assigned by the legislature for enacting a law which punished the wilful murder of a human being by a fine, was that 'CRUELTY is HIGHLY UNBECOMING,' and 'ODIOUS.'
American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses 1839
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Their fathers, when they gave some protection, did it because the time had come when, not to do it would make them 'ODIOUS.'
American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses 1839
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ODIOUS VULGAR SIGN as he was going to slam the door in the Fairy's face!
The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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ODIOUS VULGAR SIGN as he was going to slam the door in the Fairy's face!
The Rose and the Ring William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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But when he bestows on any man the epithets of VICIOUS or ODIOUS or
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals David Hume 1743
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SHAMEFUL, LOVELY and ODIOUS, NOBLE and DESPICABLE, had never had place in any language; nor could politicians, had they invented these terms, ever have been able to render them intelligible, or make them convey any idea to the audience.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals David Hume 1743
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