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  • "'eels an' 'ands low;' eads an '' earts 'igh," by the astonishing profanity of their riding-master; and beyond them their more proficient comrades charged with wild yells upon a long line of stuffed sacks representing a terror-stricken foe waiting patiently to be spitted.

    With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

  • A glow was in their veins, an easiness in their earts.

    The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

  • A glow was in their veins, an easiness in their earts.

    The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

  • "If we'd been a few minutes longer we'd be out there somewhere with our 'earts stopped and our guts full o' sand."

    The Day of the Dissonance Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • "If we'd been a few minutes longer we'd be out there somewhere with our 'earts stopped and our guts full o' sand."

    The Day of the Dissonance Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • With this "Yorkshire Stinko" in their 'ands -- and their' earts in their mouths I'll be bound.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 24, 1892 Various

  • Kind 'earts are more than coronets and simple faith than

    Jill the Reckless 1928

  • Gawd -- I'll break yer bleed'n '' earts afore I've done wi 'yer -- by Gawd I will.

    Combed Out Frederick Augustus Voigt 1924

  • "Bless their little 'earts," said the grandmother, "what should 'appen to them?"

    Of Human Bondage 1919

  • "Every one -- an 'very frequent, bless their little' earts."

    Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

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