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Examples
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Somma lika dis: Two horse -- one befront, one inhine.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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"You'd no business to be running befront of folkses carriages."
The Fatal Glove Clara Augusta 1872
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I fell into his hands, and now I do run befront his horse, an 'hold de stirrup!
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"Hadendowas I've no fear uv, an 'Subadars are Injy nagurs anyhow, though fellow-soldiers uv the Queen that's good to shtand befront uv biscuit-boxes or behoind thim; an' wan has no fear of the thing that's widout fear, an 'death's iron enters in aisy whip mortial strength's behind it.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Hadendowas I've no fear uv, an 'Subadars are Injy nagurs anyhow, though fellow-soldiers uv the Queen that's good to shtand befront uv biscuit-boxes or behoind thim; an' wan has no fear of the thing that's widout fear, an 'death's iron enters in aisy whip mortial strength's behind it.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Hadendowas I've no fear uv, an 'Subadars are Injy nagurs anyhow, though fellow-soldiers uv the Queen that's good to shtand befront uv biscuit-boxes or behoind thim; an' wan has no fear of the thing that's widout fear, an 'death's iron enters in aisy whip mortial strength's behind it.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 4 Gilbert Parker 1897
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