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Les Mis is the one show that is guaranteed to make me weep like a weepy thing that is havaign a good cry.
sadists write three hour tragic musicals « Magic Lantern Arts 2005
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She was tellin 'me the day I went there how she disliked to have old Mis' Doubleday come and visit with her, an 'remarked that she called Mis' Doubleday very officious.
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She was tellin 'me the day I went there how she disliked to have old Mis' Doubleday come an 'visit with her, an' remarked that she called Mis 'Doubleday very officious.
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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The village of Gosalda, a rambling hamlet lying high on the mountain-side, facing Monte Pizzon, Monte Prabello and the valley of the Mis, is reached about two miles farther on.
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"Well, I guess it's pretty middlin ', Mis' Plumfield."
Queechy 1854
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"Well, you call her Mis 'Middleton, when you speak of her, with your voice like a buzz-saw, and it ain't because you're high and mighty with me, 'cause you ain't.
Elsie Marley, Honey Joslyn Gray
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Originally from New York City, Valentina was trained by Homicide and began her career under the ringname Mis Led a play on the word misled with the Long Island Wrestling Federation and spent a lot of her time honing her skills all over the Northeast indy scene.
Lizzy Valentine ~~ Sabre ~~ 2007
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During that time, although I still called Mis 'Mary's my home, I had been out to service in one or two families.
Documenting the American South: the Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1909
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"You called her Mis 'Kelly, didn't you?" gurgled Eben.
Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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I see then her change was comin ', but I didn't call Mis' Begg, nor make no uproar.
The Foreigner 1900
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