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The Asy family came to the United States just 15 months ago.
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The Asy family came to the United States just 15 months ago.
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(It was Uncle Asy Green who had given her the name which stuck to her through thick and thin -- Uncle Asy believed in giving people their due, and thought "Anne made a dreffle fool of herself, foolin 'round with that woman at all.")
"Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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(2 Kings 23: 33) This Riblah still retains its ancient name, on the right (east) bank of the el-Asy (Orontes) upon the great road which connects Baalbek and Hums, about 36 miles northeast of the former end 20 miles southwest of the latter place.
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"Asy, Dinny," said his brother, with a good-humored but significant smile -- "larning may be very good in its place; in the mane time, lave the business in our hands rather than in your own head -- or if you have e'er a scrap of Greek or Latin that 'ud charm ould Sobersides out, where was the use of sendin' for help?"
Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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God help the county treasurer if he forgot to bar his door -- Asy, Bartle,
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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[(Asy) 29 (l) -3 (um sad! from reason, hope, and Heaven!)]
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_ Asy -- the ould tan-pit that's at the back of the distillery.
Tales and Novels — Volume 08 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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Will you still be willing to stake your hereafter according to the dictates, wishes and wants of the Kaffirs or will you be steadfast in uttering 'Asy hadu alla ila ha ill lall Laah; Wa asy hadu anna Muhammad da Rasulullaah!?
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"Those who feel their rights have been taken, and the weak, will ask the help of anyone who can give them a hand," said Burhan Muzhir al Asy.
The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy 2009
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