So every one of the townsfolk is a "shareholder" rather than a "resident". From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News] Reference
What unsettled the minds of the townsfolk was the failure of the Rajah's boats to act at the decisive moment. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Jim] Reference
But now, alas! we no sooner saw the town than we heard the bells and trumpets calling the townsfolk and men-at-arms to be on their ward. From Wordnik.com. [A Monk of Fife] Reference
In fact, Margaret Sinclair's sudden stinginess and indifference to her townsfolk was the common wonder and talk of every little gathering. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Evening Tales] Reference
He thought the concentration of the townsfolk was a sign of an unmanly dread of those first settlers whom they wished to drive away unjustly, subjugate and ruin. From Wordnik.com. [In Old Kentucky] Reference
I was surprised neither to hear the story, nor to detect the note of pleasure in his voice when he implied that his townsfolk were the inheritors of these noble traditions. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Bolivia: One Llama's Great Incan Adventure] Reference
But some of these townsfolk yearn for broader horizons. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Winship: You've Got to Be Carefully Taught] Reference
Perhaps it was filled with all the worthless townsfolk. From Wordnik.com. [The Outlaw's Last Stand] Reference
The townsfolk are calm and orderly, the Press dignified and sober. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
These mark the graves of an ancient and honorable family of townsfolk. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
Few of the townsfolk gave him a good-day; he was not a popular personage. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
French, yet to each other the townsfolk speak a strange and uncouth tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
The jungle beasts are gratuitously nasty, the New England townsfolk no better. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Up Snake Eyes] Reference
The townsfolk love the place as it was the day they got there, so why do anything?. From Wordnik.com. [City Slickers] Reference
Local townsfolk play the part of guerrillas in the fictional country of "Pineland.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mind Of A Commando] Reference
All the same, the corn was not forthcoming, and the townsfolk suffered from famine. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
In time she became a favorite among the townsfolk, and, by degrees, managed to accumulate. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
He said he thought now that the townsfolk realized he was black, the good treatment would end. From Wordnik.com. [Shipwreck survivor recalls how town altered his idea of race] Reference
While administrators say he presents no danger to the tiny community, townsfolk feel otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [The Incorrigibles] Reference
Roman Catholics and Protestants, nobles and townsfolk, united against their Spanish oppressors. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The local townsfolk see this as indicative of their own ingenuity, competitiveness and fine tap water. From Wordnik.com. [All Is Not Lost In Cincinnati] Reference
Gorazde was not one of the Clinton administration's targets, but the 50,000 townsfolk didn't know that. From Wordnik.com. [The 'White Death' Trail] Reference
He burnt it in the market square of Wittenberg, in the presence of a concourse of students and townsfolk. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
One of the things she hated about the small mid-western towns was the absolute ignorance of the townsfolk. From Wordnik.com. [The Shopkeeper] Reference
The townsfolk had long claimed a victor, but there was still some doubt regarding the origin of their conflict. From Wordnik.com. [Goodnight Dogs] Reference
By the time they made it to Pushmataha, Baby Irene's stature and voice where already on the lips of the townsfolk. From Wordnik.com. [The One Ton Woman and the Amazonian Half Man] Reference
Barrah in the presence of all the slaves and townsfolk, -- the most unconcerned spectators among whom were his wife and sister!. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
What if they were to join their fortunes and come back some day to dazzle these quiet townsfolk with the splendor of their life?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
The townsfolk had come down to welcome their friends from the other side, but no Newnham man approached the master of Dean Tower. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
Penryn, where the animosity of the townsfolk towards the Killigrews caused her to be received with great favour; she afterwards married. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
For years the townsfolk have maintained a truce with their enemies: the villagers don't enter the woods; the creatures don't cross their borders. From Wordnik.com. [JOAQUIN AFTER MIDNIGHT] Reference
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