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I told him right out how they never come near when the rest of us was havin 'it so hard with her along in the spring, but now they thought she was re'lly goin' to die they come settlin 'down like a pair o' old crows in a field to pick for what they could get.
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Why, he talks! he re'lly doos: a leetle through his nose, maybe, but no more 'n Dr. Colton allers does, --' n 'I declare he appears to have abaout as much sense.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various
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"A feller can't re'lly have the heart ter _vote_ for whiskey 'nless ther's whiskey in him," said Walky, at the close of the voting on Town
How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long
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Think because there's a donkey-engine on deck and a riggin 'to hoist your big sails, ye don't re'lly need men for'ard at all.
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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I do re'lly hate to go to the reunion without mother, an ''t is a beautiful day; everybody' ll be asking where she is.
The Great Expedition 1910
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"No offence, Glo, but you re'lly mustn't -- they're all clergymen's daughters, doncher know?"
The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892
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Mebbe he thought Tododaho was wrong and that the time for him to settle score with the Ojibway had re'lly come.
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She did n't re'lly know but 't was all talk of 'Bijah 'bout that dog's bein' wuth fifty dollars.
The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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I do re'lly hate to go to the reunion without mother, an ''tis a beautiful day; everybody'll be asking where she is.
The Country of the Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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"I wish you re'lly was livin 'to the old place," said Betsey Lane.
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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