lief

• Pain began to throb now through Elric's torn arm as Moonglum staggered towards him, grinning in re- lief.
• I'm with lief, how does #38 work in a TV free week? —  Conflict Zen
• Who'll be 'it' first I'd just as lief," said Eunice, going to the bow, and putting her fingers in her ears, and burying her head in a cushion What shall we choose for a word? —  Cricket at the Seashore
• If a man can't h'earn a honest livin' at your time of life, 'e may as lief--_(hiccough)_--drown 'isself Doctor. —  Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
• "It's my b'lief, Peter, as that there boy'll turn out either a reg'lar good un, or 'bout the wust as ever stepped Now, sir!" —  Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel

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