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But in the same vein, he can get in some telling jabs: Oxbridge philosophers, to be cursory, Are products of a middle-class nursery: Their arguments are anent What Nanny really meant.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Naval Conference There has been the usual amount of come-on in the French press during the past week anent the exact location of the next war.

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Sir: Your Joseph Wood Krutch item anent the Common Man recalled a good anecdote .

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He had also protested vigorously comments by Arthur Brisbane and the late Will Rogers anent holding companies.

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These bans an’ wafts an’ boh-ghosts an’ barguests an’ bogles an’ all anent them is only fit to set bairns an’ dizzy women a-belderin’.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker