according to all accounts
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"Sam was the hero of that occasion, according to all accounts," answered Songbird.
From The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College by Edward Stratemeyer
It had been years according to all accounts since the unhappy Londoners had so sweltered beneath the scorching rays of an almost tropic sun.
From The Land of Promise by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
The fittings of the studio must have cost fully two dollars, according to all accounts; there were a three-legged stool, an easel, a wooden chest, and a straw bed in the corner.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Elbert Hubbard
The pursuit of it led him, according to all accounts, into some of his most dishonourable and vindictive actions, and after all he won but temporary and chequered success in the ambitious experiment.
From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by John Hely Hutchinson
The buffalo population of the southern half of this great range was, according to all accounts, nearly three times as great as that of the northern half.
From The Extermination of the American Bison by William Temple Hornaday
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