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your own man

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Peter Quint--his own man, his valet, when he was here Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context He's Kitchener's own man, and this," he added, looking at the letter, "must be his work The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context Sir Walter, without hesitation, declared the Admiral to be the best-looking sailor he had ever met with, and went so far as to say, that if his own man might have had the arranging of his hair, he should not be ashamed of being seen with him any where; and the Admiral, with sympathetic cordiality, observed to his wife as they drove back through the park, "I thought we should soon come to a deal, my dear, in spite of what they told us at Taunton. Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context More results

References in classic literature

Peter Quint--his own man, his valet, when he was here

Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context

He's Kitchener's own man, and this," he added, looking at the letter, "must be his work

The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

Sir Walter, without hesitation, declared the Admiral to be the best-looking sailor he had ever met with, and went so far as to say, that if his own man might have had the arranging of his hair, he should not be ashamed of being seen with him any where; and the Admiral, with sympathetic cordiality, observed to his wife as they drove back through the park, "I thought we should soon come to a deal, my dear, in spite of what they told us at Taunton.

Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context

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