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Adrenaline fl oods, regardless, in my state not just the human fi bres but lupine leftovers too, those creature dregs that hadn't fully conceded transformation.
'The Last Werewolf' 2011
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Granmutha, aunty and a cussin all lose teh fite wit bres cancer.
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Adan y Eva, del qual todos participamos, y fue ra de esto, los peccados actua les conque ofenden a dios ca da dia.P. como rescato a los hõ bres?
Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951
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Dey wuz bofe kilt in de charge, right dar on de bres-wuks, wid dey guns in dey hans, dem two young Marsters er mine, right dar in dat Gettysburg battle, dats whut Old Marster en Old Mis bofe tole me er meny er time, en I wus eighteen in dat October atter dat big fight whut Mars Thad en
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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Miscellaneous F.bres '(Col.Ind. Exhibition Reports, p. 368) [C.F. Cross].
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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Ȝef þe kealche {} cuppe wallinde bres to drinken · Ȝeot in his wide þrote þ̵ he swelte inwið. aȝein an ȝef him twa. þullich is godes dom aȝein ȝiuere ⁊ druncwile iþe apocalipse.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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You can tell 'em, when you're near enough, by the bronze badges with a serpint climbin 'up a stick inside a wreath, wot they' ave on the fronts o 'their caps an' on their jacket-collars, an 'the instrument-cases wot they carries in their bres' pockets.
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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As he clasped me in his arms, he said, "bres de Lo, my son, wat is de matter?"
My Life in the South 1884
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"Ain't yer neber hyeard how come de wood-pecker's head ter be red, an 'wat makes de robin hab er red bres'?"
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"Ain't yer neber hyeard how come de wood-pecker's head ter be red, an 'wat makes de robin hab er red bres'?"
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878
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