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They implored him not to uncork the bottle, since they and all their people were firm friends of the white men, and would always remain so; but, should the small-pox be once let out, it would run like wildfire throughout the country, sweeping off the good as well as the bad; and surely he would not be so unjust as to punish his friends for crimes committed by his enemies. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context The news had spread like wildfire through the town. The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context There Dick's old nurse shrunk up to him, for the news went like wildfire over Naseby House, and timidly expressed a hope that there was nothing much amiss with the young master. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context More results

? References in classic literature

They implored him not to uncork the bottle, since they and all their people were firm friends of the white men, and would always remain so; but, should the small-pox be once let out, it would run like wildfire throughout the country, sweeping off the good as well as the bad; and surely he would not be so unjust as to punish his friends for crimes committed by his enemies.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

The news had spread like wildfire through the town.

The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

There Dick's old nurse shrunk up to him, for the news went like wildfire over Naseby House, and timidly expressed a hope that there was nothing much amiss with the young master.

Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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