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'Tan't no use; you've just got to come along to the station-house.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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'Tan't his fault thet he's no more sperit, an' p'raps
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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'' Tan't spelt right -- and why couldn't the feller just as well use the 'good old English' word _viz. _, as _'videlicit? '_'
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'_'Tan't_ my name, sar; but you see, sar, w'en massa fuss hire me ob ole
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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'Tan't to be expected, of course, at her time of life, and being lone and lorn, as the good old Mawther is to be knocked about aboardship, and in the woods and wilds of a new and fur-away country.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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'Tan't in _natur_ for her to stay, but you heard what she said.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910
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'Tan't lawful to be out of sorts, and I AM out of sorts, though God knows, I'd sooner bear a cheerful spirit if I could.
A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1892
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'Tan't easy overmuch t' know wheer t 'turn, but a good heart will coom to me.'
Hard Times 1876
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'Tan't easy overmuch t' know wheer t 'turn, but a good heart will coom to me.'
Hard Times 1868
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'Tan't easy overmuch t' know wheer t 'turn, but a good heart will coom to me.'
Hard Times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1868
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