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I know almost nothing about this partic'lar feature other than it was underwritten by Dark Sky Films but am eager to see this documentary filmmaker flex his narrative muscle.
Headed into town... Plague Town! Arbogast 2008
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De rest of de time I was dar on dat visit I tuk partic'lar pleasure in tellin 'evvybody how proud I was of my State and my home.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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You-all knows as how the gals in this-hyar kentry air partic'lar proud to have
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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'If thi Maker's th' mon thaa maks Him aat to be, I'm noan partic'lar abaat oather His woes or His blessin's. '
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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This is the third time South Avenue Church has asked for one partic'lar man and got a different fellow.
Heart of Gold Ruth Alberta Brown
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"An 'what's mair," Malcolm continued, "I doobt they're some partic'lar aboot the turn o 'their phrases up yonner, my lord."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various
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She's a good 'un, too; now and then she goes to see my old missus, and she isn't partic'lar about givin' my daughter's mites a tanner, although I'll lay ten to one she's not allowed too much.
The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story John Roussel
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"But, Christopher, Mr. Richardson said most partic'lar we _must_ all keep together or we should get lost; and we're all to wear red rosettes on our left shoulders, that we may know each other at a distance, if we should get separated by any accident."
Archie's Mistake G. E. Wyatt
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"I think he'll conclude this partic'lar part of God's footstool is likely to become a leetle too hot for him."
Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Alvin Addison
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"I think," he announced at last, "as I shouldn't do nothin 'partic'lar."
The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird
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