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Maybe they shouldn't have let themselves be surprised like that, not with what's been happening to the packtrains lately-but still, your life's a pretty heavy price to pay for a little carelessness" "
Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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"Then guard your packtrains, merchant, if guards keep these vermin hidden."
Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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Bardel acknowledged the applause, hung the great hydrophane amulet around his own sweaty neck, pledged packtrains of Lyrian wine as gifts for Moess and Shandor.
The Magic May Return Niven, Larry 1981
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No Lyrian commoner could afford woven garments for everyday use; only the king and Boerab carried iron blades at their sides, each weapon purchased from Ostran ironmongers with packtrains of excellent Lyrian wine.
The Magic May Return Niven, Larry 1981
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What with the passing of packtrains and artillery, and the issuing of rations and ammunition, the first half of the night gave no time for rest; and shortly after
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army T. G. Steward
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The people who travelled this wilderness road went in the usual backwoods manner, on horseback, with laden packtrains, and often with their herds and flocks.
The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Hagerstown and Williamsport, in Maryland, whither he and his sons guided their own packtrains, laden with peltries and with kegs of ginseng, and accompanied by droves of loose horses.
The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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