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harper

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1. harper - Noun

2. Harper - Proper noun

Meaning

A player on the harp; a minstrel.

A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Time has laid his hand Upon my heart gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"I'd rather have no Green seats and Stephen Harper lose, than a full caucus that stares across the floor at Stephen Harper as prime minister, because his policies are too dangerous,” she told the Toronto Star. Elizabeth May

I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record. Ben Harper

I remember a Stephen Harper once upon a time... You've become what you used to oppose... Mr. Harper, what happened to you? What changed? Jack Layton

Now, I love being home, in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born. Ann was born in Henry Ford Hospital, I was born at Harper Hospital. No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate; they know that this is the place that we were born and raised. Mitt Romney

Sharpe's sword was lucky. There was a soldier's goddess and her name was Fate and she had liked the sword Harper made for Sharpe. The Kligenthal was stained with the blood of friends, with the torture of flayed priests, and the beautiful sword contained not luck, but evil. Bernard Cornwell

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