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  • As we watched, our eyes wandered to the rolling Iss, which issued from the base of the cliffs beneath us.

    The Gods of Mars 1913

  • "Iss," Pascoe answered, "I reckon I see, and I ben't goin 'to do it."

    Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • "Iss ...." said Tony, looking at her very fondly, but still puzzled.

    A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

  • "Iss," added Tony, "I used to scrub, and help her wi 'the washing (an' kiss her tu), but I ain't done nort to it since her spoke to me rough, like that, an 'now I be got out the way o'it, an' that's the reason o'it -- thic Mam 'Idger there!"

    A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

  • "Iss," grunted Eli; "I ded, ded'n I, Jasper?" and the dwarf laughed gleefully.

    The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898

  • "Iss," whispered Xerxes; "and den got to go and bury dem oder one bones."

    Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land George Manville Fenn 1870

  • "Iss," said Snorro, responding _slightly_ to the tender embrace which he received.

    The Norsemen in the West 1859

  • "Iss," replied Maggot, shaking himself, "safe enough, an 'the daws too, but semmen to me they've gone dead."

    Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines 1859

  • "Iss," assented David Trevarrow, also puffing his pipe, at the clouds issuing from which baby gazed with endless amazement and admiration;

    Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines 1859

  • "Iss," replied Snorro, who was becoming sleepy, and had laid his head on his friend's shoulder.

    The Norsemen in the West 1859

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