"Yes," said Phil, straining a point in favor of his townswoman; "and I think she sings pretty well.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
Thus, townswoman Askoli Picheno, located in the country centre, it is necessary to give birth twice. From Wordnik.com. [UPDATE 2 - Hillary's Text Message Campaign (And Teen Pregnancy Clinics?)] Reference
When at 3: 00 am a townswoman walked up to Anderson Cooper and told him -- live -- that he had been reporting a false miracle this showed, according to Klein, the strength's of CNN. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Rosen: Wrong When the Governor is Wrong: A Small Detail in the Mis-reporting of the Miners' Deaths] Reference
I saw slaves in brilliant silver harnesses with heavy silver bells tinkling from their cocks and a rich townswoman in a bright-red velvet hood and cape, snapping a long silver strap at these ponies. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty's Punishment]
Some relate that Chryseis was taken from Hypoplacian 240 Thebes, and that she had not taken refuge there nor gone there to sacrifice to Artemis, as the author of the “Cypria” states, but was simply a fellow townswoman of Andromache. From Wordnik.com. [Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica] Reference
Yet colleagues who emphasize higher education's wondrous work turning adolescents into cultured adults remind me of the exaggerated Oxbridge arrogance memorably parodied in the story of a student accosted by a townswoman outside his college. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Kaufman: Deliberation, Education ... and Immigration] Reference
Now the townswoman laid her hand on the latch of the door that was hers, and threw the door open; then she put forth her palm to the other, and said: Wilt thou give me the first gold now, since rest is made sure for thee, as long as thou wilt?. From Wordnik.com. [The Water of the Wondrous Isles] Reference
Here lies the great difference between two women; the townswoman is certainly virtuous; the lady does not know yet whether she is, or whether she always will be; she hesitates and struggles where the other refuses point-blank and falls full length. From Wordnik.com. [Another Study of a Woman] Reference
We are thankful to see the recognition accorded to the worth of our townswoman. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years] Reference
My brother's wife, a fellow townswoman of ours, and a marriage-convert to the Seventh Day Baptist. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I] Reference
"O woman, I suppose thou art a stranger and not one of this city?" and she answered, "Nay, I am thy townswoman.". From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
We heard one girl say to another, as our eccentric townswoman swept past us, in the eager crowd, "Oh, the dear old thing!". From Wordnik.com. [Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life] Reference
An exhibit of live gophers was first discussed, but then townswoman Phyllis Wilson suggested, "We should stuff 'em and dress 'em.". From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
She is, besides, a townswoman to the core, and feels herself out of place in this great nature, which probably seems to her barbarous and ill-bred. From Wordnik.com. [Amiel's Journal] Reference
Though the people soon became accustomed to the existence of their diminutive fellow-townswoman, Eva was and remained the mysterious child of Eschenbach. From Wordnik.com. [Gänsemännchen. English] Reference
And to those who had never had the pleasure of hearing their townswoman speak in public before, it was a revelation that charmed and delighted her hearers. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman's Era Vol. 2 No. 2] Reference
There was her townswoman, Lucrezia Marinella, who followed, ten years after, with her essay, "La Nobilità e la Eccelenza delle Donne, con Difetti e Mancamenti degli Uomini," -- a comprehensive theme, truly!. From Wordnik.com. [Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays] Reference
In a few days a townswoman heard of my desire, approved of it, and brought about an interview with one of the sisterhood which I wished to join, who was at home on a furlough, and able and willing to satisfy all inquiries. From Wordnik.com. [Hospital sketches] Reference
In many men the dislike to marrying among the folk with whom they have been brought up amounts almost to a positive instinct; they feel it as impossible to fall in love with a fellow-townswoman as to fall in love with their own first cousins. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
Every townsman, and every townswoman, wanted to hear the examination, and to know the fate of the prisoners -- of whom there were so many that not many houses were left in Colchester where the owners had not some family connection or friend among them. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Daughters] Reference
A maid, or a townswoman; she is adrift, and becomes a chattel. From Wordnik.com. [Another Study of a Woman] Reference
"A surprise picture of Gordon Wade and our new fellow-townswoman, Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
There was her townswoman, Lucrezia Marinella, who followed ten years after, with her essay, "La Nobilità e la Eccelenza delle Donne, con. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859] Reference
He rejoined: "Thou a townswoman, and yet wottest not that this very night the son of the Grand Wazir goeth in to the Lady Badr al-Budur, daughter of the Sultan!. From Wordnik.com. [Tehran Winter] Reference
A townswoman soliloquizes: "They say he tries to make people think he's a poet ” carries books around and pretends to read 'em, says he didn't find any intellectual companionship in this town . From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Sinclair Lewis] Reference
Each townswoman had to relinquish a single shift or its equivalent in decent thin cloth, this to be dyed green or gold, then cut up and stitched into banners to adorn the parade route and the castle’s gates and battlements. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
A fat townswoman had handed him a few aes. From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
"She is a townswoman, who knows how to keep a secret. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
“She is a townswoman, who knows how to keep a secret. From Wordnik.com. [The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt] Reference
She was the townswoman; self-assured in her way. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
"A jolly townswoman must thou have made!. From Wordnik.com. [The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century] Reference
She’s a townswoman really, from Cardiff. From Wordnik.com. [The Key]
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