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If even the angle of a respectable Triangle in the middle class is not without its dangers; if to run against a Working Man involves a gash; if collision with an officer of the military class necessitates a serious wound; if a mere touch from the vertex of a Private Soldier brings with it danger of death; -- what can it be to run against a Woman, except absolute and immediate destruction? Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context "Once, when I was young," said Jim, "I was a race horse, and defeated all who dared run against me. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context After attending Louisa through her business, and loitering about a little longer, they returned to the inn; and Anne, in passing afterwards quickly from her own chamber to their dining-room, had nearly run against the very same gentleman, as he came out of an adjoining apartment. Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context More results

? References in classic literature

If even the angle of a respectable Triangle in the middle class is not without its dangers; if to run against a Working Man involves a gash; if collision with an officer of the military class necessitates a serious wound; if a mere touch from the vertex of a Private Soldier brings with it danger of death; -- what can it be to run against a Woman, except absolute and immediate destruction?

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

"Once, when I was young," said Jim, "I was a race horse, and defeated all who dared run against me.

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

After attending Louisa through her business, and loitering about a little longer, they returned to the inn; and Anne, in passing afterwards quickly from her own chamber to their dining-room, had nearly run against the very same gentleman, as he came out of an adjoining apartment.

Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context

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