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January 19th, 2007 at 5: 05 pm hi my name is sarra and my opion on this website is that it is so cool!!!
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But sarra one of me cares a brambling ram, pomp porteryark!
Finnegans Wake 2006
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The last king of Assyria was probably the brother of Assur-etil-ilani, Sin-sar-iskun (Sin-sarra-uzur), who seems to have been the Sarakos (Saracus) of Berossus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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-- A sept of Pardhans said to be named after _sarra_, a whip, because their priest once struck a man with a whip.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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"Throth," said Darby, after shaking hands with the priest and greeting the rest of the company, "the same boy no one could spake ill of; and, although we and his people were not upon the best footin ', still the sarra one o' me but always gave him his due."
Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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The sarra one o 'me I bleeve, but's out o' the words, or, as they say, there's a hole in the ballad.
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Children sent late always come either for great good or great sarra to their parents -- an 'God grant that this may be for good to the honest people -- for indeed honest people they are, by all accounts.
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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"Fwhy thin, miss, 'twas to a brother o 'my own I was bringing it, that was livin' down the counthry here, an 'fwhin I came to fwhere he lived, the sarra one o' me knew the place, in regard o 'havin' forgotten the name of it entirely, an 'there was I wit the poor crathur an my hands, till his haner here bought it from me -- Gad bless you, sir!"
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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"I'm not sayin 'she's proud, in one sinse; wid respect to herself, I believe; she's humble enough; I mane, she doesn't give herself many airs, but her people's as proud as the very sarra, an' never match below them; still, if I'd opportunities of bain 'often in her company, I'd not fear to trust to a sweet tongue for comin' round her."
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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If he had parjured himself for sake of the truth, or to assist a brother in trouble -- or to help on the good cause -- it would be something; but to go to -- but -- arra, be me sowl, he'll sup sarra for it, sure enough!
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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