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O, its a lachin teeklesome sicht for sure -- an 'then hee'l thud, thud, thud his wee bit neive' ith shouther 'oth collie, an' steek his toes in his side, just for a 'the world like a Newmarket jockey, an' then hee'l turn him roon behint-afore an 'play treeks, till collie gerns at him; an' then beway
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 Various
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Fr.No. 2316: As twenty to dispatch, hee'l tickl't up
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Ma. I, but hee'l haue but a yeare in all these ducates:
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If this Fellow be wise, hee'l neuer call yee Iacke
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Come to my Christ, hee'l heale your wounds againe;
Collections 1792
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o 'makin friens again, hee'l streek an' pat him, an 'peek the ferlie oot o' his hurdles; an 'then when we're a' ready for gannin awa, to be sure what a dirdum an 'stramash do they twa keek up; an' then aff they flee like the deevil in a gale o 'wind, an' are oot o 'sicht before ye can say owr the border an' far awa.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 Various
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ED] His thigh is always well apointed with a rapier, yet peaceable enough, and makes [EE] a wound in nothing but the scabard, yet [EF] rather than point the field, hee'l pull it out in the street.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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2915: And twenty strike of Oates, but hee'l ne're have her;
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3024: He knowes I am no Maid, and hee'l sweare too't:
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1450: He ha's braue Vtensils (for so he calles them) 1451: Which when he ha's a house, hee'l decke withall.
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