There was a time when Christopher Columbus challenged another explorer to a duel. The latter, an underhanded chap, did not take ten steps - as dictated by the rules - but two, then turned around to shoot. Unfortunately for him, Columbus hadn't taken any steps at all.
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Although this chap came into the world in a somewhat impudent fashion, before he was sent for, his mother was pretty; we had fun making him, and the illegitimate fellow must be acknowledged.
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Tom's a polite, kind, and self-effacing chap who you wouldn't hesitate to introduce to your parents.
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He was a dashing, swaggering chap, smart and curled, who had seen half the world and could talk of what he had seen.
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