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  • I fancy he fretted a great deal, and moaned hisseln night and day; and she had precious little rest: one could guess by her white face and heavy eyes.

    Wuthering Heights 2002

  • I fancy he fretted a great deal, and moaned hisseln night and day; and she had precious little rest, one could guess by her white face and heavy eyes.

    Wuthering Heights 1847

  • "To-morn, he's come hisseln; and thrust him out, if ye darr!"

    Wuthering Heights 1847

  • One on 'em's a'most getten his finger cut off wi' hauding t'other fro 'stickin hisseln loike a cawlf.

    Wuthering Heights 1847

  • I believe the master would relish Earnshaw's thrashing him to a mummy, if he were not his son; and I'm certain he would be fit to turn him out of doors if he knew half the nursing he gives hisseln.

    Wuthering Heights 1847

  • One on 'em 's a'most getten his finger cut off wi 'hauding t' other fro 'stickin' hisseln loike a cawlf.

    Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833

  • I believe the master would relish Earnshaw's thrashing him to a mummy, if he were not his son; and I'm certain he would be fit to turn him out of doors, if he knew half the nursing he gives hisseln.

    Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833

  • 'And I never know such a fainthearted creature,' added the woman; 'nor one so careful of hisseln.

    Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833

  • 'To-morn, he's come hisseln, and thrust _him_ out, if ye darr!'

    Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833

  • I fancy he fretted a great deal, and moaned hisseln night and day; and she had precious little rest: one could guess by her white face and heavy eyes.

    Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833

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