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It is called ralá hípa ( "with the foot throw"), the word alluding to a ball used at the race.
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Miss Atalanty, they say that one stone at the top -- a green stone, what they call an 'em'ral' -- was worth the price o 'a' Frisco house-lot.
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The Gin'ral's 'ooman -- she's a' ooman fur me -- a hull team -- she makes him stan 'round, _I_ reckon.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
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I'd no more'n got it inter my pocket, 'fore the Gin'ral's 'ooman pulled out a gold watch, two or three diamond pins, a ring or two, and some wimmin's fixin's, and says she,' See thar, _Mister_ Larkin, them's what
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
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'Well, ye knows the Gin'ral's a honerubble man; so, when he seed his
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
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Gin'ral'd sort o 'promised him ter har, and she'd been a savin' up ter buy him.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
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But the Gin'ral's a honerubble man, and he didn't flinch a hair -- not a hair.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
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"Voice like his, too!" muttered the Postilion, backing away still farther; "yes, onnat'ral's the word -- strike me dumb if it ain't!"
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Her father, he did not love his -- the gen'ral's -- father.
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Don't seem nat'ral 'thout you clear through October.
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