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  • Dere didn ''pear ter be nuffin' pertickler de matter wid her, -- she had des grieve 'herse'f ter def fer her Sandy.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • Howsomeber, she wuz so mad wid Jeff dat she 'suaded herse'f she didn' keer; en so she hilt her head up en went roun 'lookin' lak she wuz rale glad 'bout it.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • But Chloe wuz a mighty jealous 'oman, en w'iles she didn 'b'liebe w'at Hannibal said, she seed how it COULD' a 'be'n so, en she' termine 'fer ter fin' out fer herse'f whuther it WUZ so er no.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • So she helt herse'f in de bes 'she could, gittin' madder en madder ev'ry minute, 'tel bimeby she seed a 'oman comin' down de road on de udder side fum to'ds Mars 'Marrabo Utley's plantation.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • It wuz Tenie; she come right inter de mill, en th'owed herse'f on de log, right in front er de saw, a-hollerin 'en cryin' ter her Sandy ter fergib her, en not ter think hard er her, fer it wa'n't no fault er hern.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • En bimeby hit got so Mars Marrabo's wife herse'f wuz skeered ter go out in de yard atter dark.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • She jes 'wrap' her cloak 'roun' her shoulders, an 'wen' 'long back by herse'f, widout doin 'more'n jes' look up once at Marse Chan leanin 'dyah' g'inst de gate-pos 'in he sodger clo's, wid he eyes on de groun'.

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • When she come dat day in de school-house, an 'all de chil'en looked at her so hard, she tu'n right red, an' tried to pull her long curls over her eyes, an 'den put bofe de backs of her little han's in her two eyes, an' begin to cry to herse'f.

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • I soon foun 'my gal, an' arfter tellin 'her two or three lies 'bout herse'f, I got her to go in an' ax Miss Anne to come to de do '.

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • "Well, suh, I 'low ef we des set heah fo' er fibe minutes, she'll sta't up by herse'f."

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

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