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1
But Newton Overholt did not at all resemble his
great
namesake
.
2
In other words, the gipsies had gone, and, like his
great
namesake
,
Alexander, Magnus mourned.
3
The Philosopher was Hartley Coleridge, aged three, so called after his
great
namesake
,
David Hartley.
4
Is he as wise yet as his
great
namesake
?
5
Cesare Garelli was something, to her, infinitely more interesting than his
great
namesake
ever had been.
6
The Scotch maid who took care of little Washington Irving made up her mind to introduce the boy to his
great
namesake
.
7
Perhaps, however, the coin will do as much as its
great
namesake
,
and achieve for us a Marengo in the war with fate.
8
Meantime Hannibal, reassured, was regal again, and marched down the marble hall with something like the feeling and bearing of his
great
namesake
.
9
For, as I interpret it, my
great
namesake
has courteously made way for me, in order that I may go far beyond him.
10
I have always believed that Satan made the spirit of Dinnie's house, orthodox and severe though it was, almost kindly toward his
great
namesake
.
11
Moses Pyne being, like his
great
namesake
,
a meek man, sympathised with the others, but said nothing about himself, though his looks betrayed him.
12
Like his
greater
namesake
,
he had had two wives.
13
It was night ere the two Plinies appeared towing Mike, as their
great
namesakes
of antiquity might have brought in a Carthaginian galley, in triumph.
14
'It is true,' replied Walstein, 'I would rather err with my
great
namesake
and Napoleon than share the orthodoxy of ordinary mortality.'
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