Wellington

Examples

• I hope my readers have now had enough of the immortal Wellington. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They talked about war and glory, and Boney and Lord Wellington, and the last Gazette. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She denounced the war as wholesale murder, and Lord Wellington as a hired butcher. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I cannot, said Wellington, putting on his gloves, and taking a hasty leave of me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Huskisson were among those who were walking on the railway, when one of the engines was recklessly put in action, and propelled along the line. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• We could iv'ry one be a Wellington--that would please ye, Mr. Helstone--and sich paragraphs as we could contrive for t' papers! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Duke of Wellington came next. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The Duke of Wellington, then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, and many other prominent men were present. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But it may be said as a rule, that every Englishman in the Duke of Wellington's army paid his way. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Nonsense, nonsense, rejoined Wellington, writing me a cheque. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Wellington is the soul of England. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Wellington consoled me as well as he could, and sat with me nearly three hours. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Your Wellington is the most humdrum of commonplace martinets, whose slow, mechanical movements are further cramped by an ignorant home government. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Heaven knows how soon you and I may meet again, thanks to the great Wellington. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Though surely that's enough for a duke, were it even a Wellington. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It would excuse theft in Washingtons and Wellingtons, and unchastity in women as well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then the sleepless Boots went shirking round from door to door, gathering up at each the Bluchers, Wellingtons, Oxonians, which stood outside. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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