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One backward glimpse I had of Joe, rearing gigantic and bellowing as the mob fell back before his pistol, and then I was face to face with a wizened black granny flourishing a skillet, a kitchen in uproar, and my little waiter on his knees crying: "'Twon't be but a moment, mister, honest!"
THE NUMBERS 2010
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"'Twon't take the hurt away, but it'll numb it for a while."
Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001
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One backward glimpse I had of Joe, rearing gigantic and bellowing as the mob fell back before his pistol, and then I was face to face with a wizened black granny flourishing a skillet, a kitchen in uproar, and my little waiter on his knees crying: "'Twon't be but a moment, mister, honest!"
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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One backward glimpse I had of Joe, rearing gigantic and bellowing as the mob fell back before his pistol, and then I was face to face with a wizened black granny flourishing a skillet, a kitchen in uproar, and my little waiter on his knees crying: "'Twon't be but a moment, mister, honest!"
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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"'Twon't always be the injection system," he said, full of happy pride at his own cleverness.
Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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'Twon't cost you nothing; Momma does it 'cause Lana gives her what's left over.
The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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"'Twon't hurt him to wait," Persis said again, as if long testing had proved the reliability of the formula.
Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Harriet L. Smith
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"'Twon't do for you to go totin' that cannon promiscuous," he declared.
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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'Twon't do fur us to be skeery 'bout layin' holt of the handle the Good
The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Various
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"'Twon't come much short of murder," he thought with gloomy relish.
Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Harriet L. Smith
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