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Cincinnati, and asked who wrote the Chicago registry bills at night that were dispatched in the morning, he answered, "Quinsey," and seemed so amused at my question that he asked why I wanted to know.
The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier V. T. Sherman
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This Miss "Quinsey" was Ann Quincy, the daughter of Col. Josiah
Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Anna Green Winslow 1881
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Another morning and after Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar, another victim of terrorism for a wife, children and Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom to mourn.
Hoping history doesn't repeat itself O'Neill 2009
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But what distinguishes the Quinsey-Silverthorne study and accounts for the age-preference gap it finds, Quinsey told me, is the unexpected (and, he suspects, perhaps idiosyncratic) “spike” in attraction to older women among heterosexual men.
Boyz-2-Men 2006
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Dailey suggests relying instead on a study by Zebulon Silverthorne and Vernon Quinsey showing a preference among gay men for younger partners, “some as young as 15,” as Dailey stresses.
Boyz-2-Men 2006
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And Quinsey emphasized that his study made use of groups of photographs representing ranges of ages to test attraction, that the mean age for their youngest category was 18, and that “the only statistically valid conclusions that could be drawn concern these average ages.”
Boyz-2-Men 2006
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Michael ejaculated: “Philip Quinsey — put not your trust in Gath!”
The Silver Spoon 2004
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Cambalu, in Quinsey, or in any part of the East, where you shall chance to be.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Quinsey, or in any such great citie, and not among Sauages.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Quinsey was superintendent of what was known as the night set in the registry division of the Cincinnati post-office, and his hours of labor were from 10: 30 P.M. to 7 A. M.
The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier V. T. Sherman
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