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"ref": "1864 April 7, “The Dove of the Regiment. An Incident of the Battle of Chickamauga.”, in Frank Moore, editor, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, etc., volume VII, New York, N.Y.: D[avid] Van Nostrand, […], →OCLC, page 91, column 1",
"text": "Now glory the stars and bars, what may not valor do? / Our foe, in Georgia's dread defiles, has met his Waterloo!",
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"text": "Lloyds' and other methods of effecting insurance while avoiding the impositions, vexations and expenses of state supervision, are likely to meet their Waterloo if the following bill introduced by Senator Pierce, of Buffalo, into the legislature at Albany on the 11th inst. becomes a law: [...]",
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"ref": "2001, Anne V. McGravie, The Cairn Stones: A Play in Two Acts, Woodstock, Ill.: Dramatic Publishing, act I, page 16",
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"text": "[...] Zhang's diary is peppered with entries recording his nightly losses at the card table: \"I lose two thousand taels,\" \"I lose five hundred taels,\" or \"I am defeated\" are typical jottings. One entry from 1938 summed up his card playing: \"At night, [I went] to Zhou Wenrui's for gambling, meeting my Waterloo.\"",
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