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  • Oons, woman, said I, the lady may be in a fit: the lady may be dying — let me go up.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • A prince begging for her upon his knees should not prevail upon me to spare her, if I can but get her to London — Oons!

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • Oons!” cried he, “what villainy have you noted in my conduct, that you treat me like a rascally usurer?”

    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

  • _ -- Oons! madam -- if you had been born to this, I shouldn't wonder at your talking thus; but you forget what your situation was when I married you.

    The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty

  • 'Oons, I always thought that we were naturally one.

    The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar

  • _ -- Oons! madam, I say, had you any of these little elegant expenses when you married me?

    The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty

  • 'Oons, madam, what d' ye mean? you 'll raise the house.

    The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar

  • 'Oons, madam, they' re broke into the house with fire and sword!

    The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar

  • _ Oons! madam -- if you had been born to this, I shouldn't wonder at your talking thus; but you forget what your situation was when I married you.

    The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education

  • Oons! madam—if you had been born to this, I shouldn’t wonder at you talking thus; but you forget what your situation was when I married you.

    Act Second. Scene I 1909

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