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    Ephraim McDowell (category Converts to Anglicanism from Presbyterianism)
    weighed seven pounds and one half. In five days I visited her, and much to my astonishment found her making up her bed." In 1802, McDowell married Sarah Shelby...
    17 KB (1,566 words) - 08:42, 28 April 2023
  • Duncan takes the car anyway and goes to Hallie's to pick her up, arriving at the White House to his astonishment. Hallie has Duncan meet her father, who...
    12 KB (1,405 words) - 01:32, 23 May 2024
  • maternity outfit to work. Much to my astonishment, Dr. Chu managed to overlook the fact, saying that it was wise of me to find an outfit designed to keep me free...
    9 KB (926 words) - 00:44, 4 April 2024
  • my baggage, containing all my belongings and the presents I received in St. Petersburg and elsewhere...Five years later, much to my astonishment, my trunks...
    14 KB (973 words) - 13:04, 1 May 2024
  • On My Block is an American teen comedy-drama television series, created by Lauren Iungerich, Eddie Gonzalez, and Jeremy Haft. Set in the fictional Los...
    63 KB (1,987 words) - 11:35, 31 May 2024
  • they are a Faustian pair, with Lila as the “genius demon.” But the real astonishment of this long, digressive, unclassifiable narrative is its portrayal of...
    31 KB (3,636 words) - 13:24, 7 June 2024
  • college. Van Horne walks to his car in the parking lot, only to watch it suddenly explode. Bartleby watches in astonishment as the eccentric student from...
    12 KB (1,421 words) - 23:15, 19 April 2024
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    ranks of the Harem to become Suleiman's favorite. Hurrem, a former concubine, became the legal wife of the Sultan, much to the astonishment of the observers...
    76 KB (8,555 words) - 13:51, 31 May 2024
  • documentary on Dylan, No Direction Home, Mavis Staples expressed her astonishment on first hearing the song and said she could not understand how a young...
    28 KB (3,036 words) - 18:52, 20 May 2024
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    Anne Boleyn (category Wikipedia pages move-protected due to vandalism)
    expressed his astonishment to Henry and his belief that "she should not be culpable". Cranmer felt vulnerable because of his closeness to the queen; on...
    106 KB (14,028 words) - 07:09, 2 June 2024
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    interview with GQ magazine. He also expressed his astonishment that Islamic fundamentalists were allowed to continue their activities in the UK after the...
    64 KB (6,314 words) - 05:31, 3 June 2024
  • out of the chariot, the Trimurti were transformed into women, much to their astonishment. As they explored the island, they came across an imposing city...
    9 KB (1,153 words) - 15:15, 8 May 2024
  • while he briefly leaves his chores aside to look at her with great astonishment and interest. Later, as they drop her off at her house, they hear in...
    24 KB (2,920 words) - 15:29, 19 April 2024
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    camels, sweep against the eye long after one has lost the ability to exclaim in astonishment over them. And all this is Technicolor and Super Panavision 70...
    95 KB (10,361 words) - 21:38, 2 June 2024
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    Joseph Conrad (category Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom)
    that people "believe themselves to be influencing the fate of the universe." (H. G. Wells recalled Conrad's astonishment that "I could take social and political...
    164 KB (22,432 words) - 16:46, 3 June 2024
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    The Undefeated (1945); Love Goes to Press: A Comedy in Three Acts (1947) (with Virginia Cowles); The Wine of Astonishment (1948) World War II novel, republished...
    32 KB (3,607 words) - 20:08, 7 June 2024
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    courage might fail; but what was my astonishment, when arrived at the last step, I felt that he suddenly let go my arm, and I saw him cross with a firm...
    24 KB (3,539 words) - 23:04, 14 May 2024
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    nearly choked me – to the horror of my mother and the astonishment and almost incredulity of every body. And it is a phenomenon in my existence (for I was...
    122 KB (14,848 words) - 09:41, 4 June 2024
  • New York, New York (1977 film) (category Pages containing links to subscription-only content)
    Brought a New Kind of Love to Me"; Jimmy joins in on his sax. The club owner is impressed and, to Francine's astonishment, they are both offered a job—as...
    18 KB (1,860 words) - 00:56, 13 May 2024
  • commissar not to fire until an explosion covers the noise. Danilov gives the rifle to Vassili, who, to the former's astonishment, is able to kill five German...
    29 KB (2,467 words) - 23:26, 4 June 2024
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