"Assumed name" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... born at Bridgeport, Conn., on January 11, 1832; he was above the normal weight of the new-born. He ceased growing at about five months, when his height was less than 21 inches. Barnum, hearing of this phenomenon in his city, engaged him, and he was shown all over the world under his assumed name. He was presented to Queen Victoria in 1844, and in the following year he was received by the Royal Family in France. His success was wonderful, and even the most conservative journals described and commented on him. ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould
... might have been, their tentacles hadn't reached the 'copter-rental station at the heliport. Tom signed out a speedy vessel under an assumed name, and taxied it down the runway. Then he pointed the nose west, and radioed ahead to his ...
— Get Out of Our Skies! • E. K. Jarvis
... was—well, once he disappeared and wasn't heard of again for over four years—except that they knew his bank account was drawn on from time to time. Then, at last, his brother found him, living quietly under an assumed name in a little town outside of Boston—pretending that he hadn't a relative in the world. He told his brother he was just beginning to feel rested. Aunt Bell said he was demented. While he was away she'd been ...
— The Seeker • Harry Leon Wilson
... he obtained the disposal of considerable funds contributed by unsuspicious persons for ostensibly philanthropic purposes. About two years ago these funds and Count Bunker simultaneously disappeared, and your estimable guest was last heard of under an assumed name ...
— Count Bunker • J. Storer Clouston
... buried herself in some obscure country place under some assumed name, there to remain till she has attained her twenty-fifth year, when my ...
— Ben's Nugget - A Boy's Search For Fortune • Horatio, Jr. Alger
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