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Fathom, my husband and I have been in a very great terrification and numplush, to hear such bad things of a person, whom, as one may say, we thought a worthy gentleman, and were ready to serve at all times, by day and by night, as the saying is.
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Don't be in such a terrification about it, Miss Joanna ....
Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921
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In their hearts they were thinking that it was just like Joanna Godden to have a terrification like this when folk were expected to be serious.
Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921
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"When she's had a terrification wud me and said things as she's sorry for, she'll give me a gownd of hers or a fine hat.
Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921
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Some emigrant — terrification seize him! — has found another park an’ squatted, t’ain’t more’n eight miles as a crow flies from mine, nuther, Le-loo.”
The Black Wolf Pack Daniel Carter Beard 1895
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"Doctor Fathom, my husband and I have been in a very great terrification and numplush, to hear such bad things of a person, whom, as one may say, we thought a worthy gentleman, and were ready to serve at all times, by day and by night, as the saying is.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete Tobias George Smollett 1746
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"Doctor Fathom, my husband and I have been in a very great terrification and numplush, to hear such bad things of a person, whom, as one may say, we thought a worthy gentleman, and were ready to serve at all times, by day and by night, as the saying is.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 02 Tobias George Smollett 1746
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