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  • I wished him ill—but no sic a downfa’ as a’ that neither: wae ’s me! wae ’s me to think o’t!

    Chapter XXII 1917

  • "Let the tears downfa '," he had no heart to reprove her.

    Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • I wished him ill; but no sic a downfa 'as a' that neither.

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • I wished him ill; but no sic a downfa 'as a' that neither.

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • I wished him ill; but no sic a downfa 'as a' that neither.

    Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • Contrary Opinion: Cloud Computing - Not All New Technologies Pan Out faseidl@myst-technology. com wrote: Despite what many pundits have to say, reliability issues will not be the downfa ...

    Latest News from Virtualization Journal 2008

  • Contrary Opinion: Cloud Computing - Not All New Technologies Pan Out faseidl@myst-technology. com wrote: Despite what many pundits have to say, reliability issues will not be the downfa ...

    Latest News from SOA World Magazine 2008

  • Contrary Opinion: Cloud Computing - Not All New Technologies Pan Out faseidl@myst-technology. com wrote: Despite what many pundits have to say, reliability issues will not be the downfa ...

    Latest News from WebSphere Journal 2008

  • Contrary Opinion: Cloud Computing - Not All New Technologies Pan Out faseidl@myst-technology. com wrote: Despite what many pundits have to say, reliability issues will not be the downfa ...

    Latest News from WebSphere Journal 2008

  • Contrary Opinion: Cloud Computing - Not All New Technologies Pan Out faseidl@myst-technology. com wrote: Despite what many pundits have to say, reliability issues will not be the downfa ...

    Latest News from SOA World Magazine 2008

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  • Failure to finish sentences will be my downfa

    November 21, 2009

  • This is a cheap-as word.

    November 22, 2009