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  • Fathom, my husband and I have been in a very great terrification and numplush, to hear such bad things of a person, whom, as one may say, we thought a worthy gentleman, and were ready to serve at all times, by day and by night, as the saying is.

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

  • Don't be in such a terrification about it, Miss Joanna ....

    Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921

  • In their hearts they were thinking that it was just like Joanna Godden to have a terrification like this when folk were expected to be serious.

    Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921

  • "When she's had a terrification wud me and said things as she's sorry for, she'll give me a gownd of hers or a fine hat.

    Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921

  • Some emigrant — terrification seize him! — has found another park an’ squatted, t’ain’t more’n eight miles as a crow flies from mine, nuther, Le-loo.”

    The Black Wolf Pack Daniel Carter Beard 1895

  • "Doctor Fathom, my husband and I have been in a very great terrification and numplush, to hear such bad things of a person, whom, as one may say, we thought a worthy gentleman, and were ready to serve at all times, by day and by night, as the saying is.

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete Tobias George Smollett 1746

  • "Doctor Fathom, my husband and I have been in a very great terrification and numplush, to hear such bad things of a person, whom, as one may say, we thought a worthy gentleman, and were ready to serve at all times, by day and by night, as the saying is.

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 02 Tobias George Smollett 1746

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