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I'm clah to say I wuz 'stonished; but ahta class wuz ovvva, Bro' Moss tole me de
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She was awfully 'stonished when Dr. Dick wrote that he wanted Gail.
Heart of Gold Ruth Alberta Brown
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I'll go in at the big gates all by myself, and I'll knock at the big door with my stick, and then won't you be very 'stonished!'
Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story Amy le Feuvre
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"David," he said in smooth soft tones, "I'm 'stonished ye dinna strike yen auld dad."
Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900
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Brer Rabbit come prancin ''long twel he spy de Tar-Baby, en den he fotch up on his behine legs like he wuz' stonished.
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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He p'inted him out one day as he driv along in a buggy and when my eyes didn't pop out of my head he was might'ly 'stonished.
Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895
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An 'she would n't been so' stonished w'en de people gin a shout,
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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This story of Sky Island has stonished me considerably, and I think it will also astonish you.
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"I'm 'stonished you should talk such nonsense, Rowena!"
Etheldreda the Ready A School Story George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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"Uncle Bob," said Diddie, "we've done er wrong thing this evenin '; we ran away fum Miss Carrie, an' we're scared of papa; he might er lock us all up in the library, an 'talk to us, an' say he's 'stonished an' mortified, an 'so we're scared to go home."
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