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... Barminster to Shaw. "We will come in for a moment. I say, perhaps you could give us a dry dud or two. Bazelhurst is in a bad way and so is the count. It was a devil ...

— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds

... us that in England fruit-trees used to come in for special treatment on the Vigil of the Epiphany. In Devonshire the farmer and his men would go to the orchard with a large jug of cider, and drink the following toast at the foot of one of the best-bearing apple-trees, ...

— Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan • Clement A. Miles

... the Ring may be said to include every office-holder in the city, and it is very certain that of late every official has come in for a share of the suspicion with which the people regard the transactions of the Ring. It would be impossible to give an accurate and complete list of the members of that body, for many of them are not yet known to the public; but the recent investigations ...

— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe

... themselves and everyone else for the sins of their sons. The innocent friends come in for the principal share of censure, each mother's son leading the ...

— File No. 113 • Emile Gaboriau

... the little ailments of childhood,—the hurts, the accidents, and the disorders or the diseases of youthful years. All come in for a share. Let us be careful how we deal with them. I have often watched with interest a mother beside the girl or boy in temporary pain. As a rule, she assumes from the beginning that the hurt boy is to be taught silent, patient endurance. What! you, a boy, to cry! ...

— Doctor and Patient • S. Weir Mitchell

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