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And now I understand why Lady Kent has been dinning it into my ears—I could only be thankful Mrs. Allison was safe at church—that Ancoats should marry early.

From Sir George Tressady — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Instead of this, every French writer, every French scholar, every French orator, except the Socialists, year in and year out, has been dinning into the popular ear the one word revenge.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe by Various