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  • Misson says in his "Travels," that he formerly saw at Nuremberg the public cellar, two hundred and fifty paces long, and containing twenty thousand _ahms_ of wine.

    The Automobilist Abroad

  • Wen I wakes up dis yeah rag is bein 'jammed into mah mouf, an' dis yeah coat bein 'wrapped round mah haid, an' dat dere rope bein 'twisted round mah body, till it cuts mah ahms an' legs somethin 'scand'lus.

    Injun and Whitey to the Rescue William S. Hart

  • He'd shoot a man, honey, ef he jass s'picion him to grin out de cornder his eye at him; an 'to stan' up dah wid de whole county fa'r roahin 'at him -- it's de God's mussy be did'n have no ahms wid him, dat night!

    The Two Vanrevels Booth Tarkington 1907

  • An 'dey took de swords, an' dey made to stack de ahms, an 'dey druv -- an' dey druv King Pharaoh into de sea!

    The Long Roll Mary Johnston 1903

  • Some ahms was dah to tek huh an 'she fluttahed down de flo'

    The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

  • I neva saw her take a child in her ahms before; but she seemed to want to hold the baby all the time. "

    Ragged Lady — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878

  • I neva saw her take a child in her ahms before; but she seemed to want to hold the baby all the time. "

    Ragged Lady — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

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