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Examples
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'A goodly portly man, i'faith, and a corpulent ', is Falstaff's reply.
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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One might avow that some danced the shaking o* the sheets below, i'faith!
The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992
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Little John and Scarlock had the better, and giving the rangers leave to breathe, demanded of them how they liked them; Why! good stout blades i'faith, saith the keeper that fought with Robin, we commend you.
A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman
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_ 'Tis excellent i'faith, -- There, there's for you; and I thank you.
The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold Joseph Harris
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Some one likened them to magpies: i'faith, they talked as fast; but who would not wish to hear the beautiful Arabic flowing softly from such ruby lips, and watch the smiling flashes of --
Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 John Auldjo
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Captain Burke -- i'faith, the only man I was afraid of.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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Come along, Rory, I perceive how the land lies, my boy; let's tack about -- i'faith, while I have a shilling, thou sha'n't want a sixpence.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910
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Bobs, Rory! here's a notable prize, indeed, finely built and gloriously rigged, i'faith!
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910
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Was there not, i'faith, a glow, a Vesuvian shimmer, beneath the murk of that darkling eye?
The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907
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Was there not, i'faith, a glow, a Vesuvian shimmer, beneath the murk of that darkling eye?
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