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But after so many inauguratory gratulations, nuptial hymns, and funeral dirges, he must be highly favoured by nature, or by fortune, who says anything not said before.
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But after so many inauguratory gratulations, nuptial hymns, and funeral dirges, he must be highly favoured by nature, or by fortune, who says anything not said before.
Wicked Quotes on Writing by Dr. Johnson on the occasion of his 300th 2009
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The result, said Mississippi delegate Williamson Smith in a letter to Polk, was “a continued and heartfelt burst of enthusiasm of gratulations and heart cheering speeches I have never before witness in any assemblage of People.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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The result, said Mississippi delegate Williamson Smith in a letter to Polk, was “a continued and heartfelt burst of enthusiasm of gratulations and heart cheering speeches I have never before witness in any assemblage of People.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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Steven, gratulations for the dumbest comments so far.
More Hulk Smash - New International Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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If I had consented, at the request of those I thought thy relations, this would have been a principal inducement, that I could then have brought thee, what was most wanted, an unsullied honour in dowry, to a wretch destitute of all honour; and could have met the gratulations of a family to which thy life has been one continued disgrace, with a consciousness of deserving their gratulations.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Will now hasten down to Lord M. and receive the gratulations of all his family on her returning favour.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Puns are inseparable from the legacy of Forry "The Pun is Mightier Than the Sword" Ackerman, who introduced us to issues of his seminal magazine FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND with editorials signed "Beast Witches," who accorded accolades with his heartiest "Kong-gratulations," and who gladly fulfilled photo requests in a department called "You Axed For It!"
Archive 2006-11-19 2006
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The music of Christmas church bells leaped up at this moment with joyful gratulations; the face of the old house, before which we stood talking, shone out in the morning sun.
The Newcomes 2006
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But when I told that good friend the occasion, I had a new joy in the pleasure and gratulations of the dear good woman, on what had passed.
Pamela 2006
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