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"Stunner" Quotes from Famous Books

... owned an interest in a well myself, boys," replied Bob. "Mind you, I don't say now that moonlightin' isn't square, for I believe it is; but when it's such a stunner of a well as this that's to be shot, I say that it hain't best to give anybody a chance to raise a question ...

— Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation • James Otis

... stunner in the state as kin hold a candle to our Molly," he added, and then with uncertain gait he left the "reporters" with the promise ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation • Edith Van Dyne

... bag." Chester reached for it. "I say, this isn't a tool-kit—this is a stunner of a regulation travelling bag. See here, Red," he was rushing along on the other's side, fairly running to keep up with Burns's strides—"how long are you going ...

— Red Pepper Burns • Grace S. Richmond

... therefore did not send A. Gray's letters. The battle rages furiously in the United States. Gray says he was preparing a speech, which would take 1 1/2 hours to deliver, and which he "fondly hoped would be a stunner." He is fighting splendidly, and there seems to have been many discussions with Agassiz and others at the meetings. Agassiz pities me much at being so deluded. As for the progress of opinion, I clearly see that it will be excessively ...

— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin

... greatly multiplied and expanded their circulation freely to meet the demands of borrowers, [Footnote: Stunner, Hist, of Banking, I., chaps, iv.-vi.] the United States Bank not only failed to check the movement, but even contributed to it. After a dance of speculation, the bank, in the summer of 1818, was facing ruin, and it took drastic means ...

— Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 - Volume 14 in the series American Nation: A History • Frederick Jackson Turner

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