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  • And she was sitting there shrieing when all of the sudden there appeared before her, her gay mudfather and he touched her with his wagic mand and there appeared before her a kig bulch and hix white sorces to take her to the bancy fall, and he said -- "Rindercella, be sure and be home before midnight or I'll purn you into a tumpkin!"

    Rindercella 2000

  • "Maype dose pandits peen aheadt uf us und purn der balace up," suggested

    Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905

  • "I oondershtand; you belief dat die pad voman is going to purn der vill."

    Cousin Pons Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • ` ` I do not know, '' replied the gracious Duncan, ` ` what her practices or postures are, but I pelieve that if the poys take hould on her to duck her in the Clachan purn, it will be a very sorry practice --- and I pelieve, moreover, that if I come in thirdsman among you at the kirk-sessions, you will be all in a tamn'd pad posture indeed. ''

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • "I do not know," replied the gracious Duncan, "what her practices or postures are, but I pelieve that if the poys take hould on her to duck her in the Clachan purn, it will be a very sorry practice -- and I pelieve, moreover, that if I come in thirdsman among you at the kirk-sessions, you will be all in a tamn'd pad posture indeed."

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • HUT pertama partai berlambang kepala burung garuda itu, dihadiri pula oleh mantan Kepala Staf Angkatan Darat (Kasad) Jenderal TNI (purn) Ryamizard Ryacudu, mantan Mensesneg Moerdiono, kader Golkar Yuddy Chrisnandi, kader Gerindra yang baru masuk Permadi dan sejumlah politisi lain.

    ANTARA - Berita Terkini 2009

  • Pe off and purn your bipes and dings! "vich -- boor yong man, he -- did!

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 Various 1876

  • I would sooner purn dem dan loose mein friend! "he cried, when Pons told him of the cause of the accident.

    Cousin Pons Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • "She killed Bons, she robbed him, she sold him -- she tried to purn his vill -- she is a pad creature,

    Cousin Pons Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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