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Examples
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Ob course I got awrful t'in -- so t'in dat w'en I stood side-wise you could hardly see me.
The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Arthur Twidle 1859
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Moreober I _did_ deserb it, for I's an awrful sinner!
The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Arthur Twidle 1859
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But it's a bad case, an 'it will be awrful if he should die widout seein' you.
The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America 1859
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"So she gib me a kiss an 'I turn round an' went sweetly to sleep on de back ob dat -- for I was awrful tired, an 'de ribs was creakin' badly."
The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Arthur Twidle 1859
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Dey seem to t'ink robbery on the sea is just, an 'robbery ob de poor an' helpless is just; but robbery ob de rich in Algiers -- oh! dat awrful wicked! not to be tololerated on no account wa'somever.
The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Arthur Twidle 1859
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"Yes, it _am_ awrful nice," responded Susan, gravely, "but we's not come here to make lub, Quashy, so hol 'your tongue, an' I'll tell you what I heared."
The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America 1859
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"Most awrful!" groaned Quashy, when they were gone.
The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America 1859
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"You see, massa," he said, apologetically, "you hoed a-rollin 'ober an' ober in sitch a way, dat it rader confused me, an 'I forgits to look whar we was, an' den I was so awrful cut up for fear you's gone dead, dat I t'ink ob nuffin else -- an 'now, it's too late!"
The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America 1859
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Sometimes I'm roused; an 'I'm _awrful_ w'en I'm roused!
The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America 1859
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I's wuss nor dat: I's a awrful hyperkrite! an 'I wants to give you good adwice.
The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Arthur Twidle 1859
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