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The Duchess 'moral status doesn't lie in trying to kill her husband: Was't ever known stepduchess was so mild/and calm as I?
Draft: Women's Negotiations of Moral and Material Status in The Revenger's Tragedy fantasyecho 2008
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"Was't in your lands?" asked Elchies, indifferent, but willing to help on a good topic in a company where a variety of classes made the conversation anything but brisk.
Doom Castle Neil Munro
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Was't that made notable the name of your ancestor Cailein Mor na Sringe, now in the clods of Kilchrenan, or
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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_Orsi. _ (_grasping_ Cæsario's _hand_) Was't thine?
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810
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Was't I could dive, and sound each passion's secret depth at will?
Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) Nicholas Breton
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'Was't a haër?' she asked, eyeing him with interest; 'ye ain't feared o' the like o 'that?'
A Dozen Ways Of Love Lily Dougall 1890
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"Was't you that ran awa 'frae a bonny lass yestreen?" she queried, sudden as a flash of summer lightning.
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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Was't so or was't not? 'and he looks at me sharp and fierce as if he would take me by the throat if I said there had been none.
His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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"Was't not rumoured," said Tom Comfort, somewhat lowering his voice,
His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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"Was't afore or efter that 'at ye luikit for the nott?"
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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