Basil I
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Are there any adders around the Mossflower region, Basil? I mean, if there were, then you’d be the very creature to know about them, being an expert and all that.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
"I am not," said Basil, "I love those knights and heroes of old! great men and grand men who were content to ride forth, and to battle unto death for a woman's smile."
From The Coquette's Victim Everyday Life Library No. 1 by Brame, Charlotte M.
My dear Basil, I wouldn't venture to judge you.
From Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
Basil, I could never bear him in that hat, and I must have gone for him!'
From Much Darker Days by Lang, Andrew
I told Basil I always wanted to be married at Gretna Green, and now I have been.
From The Heather-Moon by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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