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"Oooooh, he _burnt_ that white man, burnt him _up_, chile ... chile, he told us we descendin 'from black kings an' queens-Lawd, I didn't know it!"
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
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I do think we ought to avoid anythin 'like descendin' to their level, don't you know.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 Various
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The roar of the wind and the descendin 'torrents seemed terrific; he was incapable of thought or movement.
Rose Orchid 1914
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Take ut aisy, is ut, ye say, whin all the demons in this unholy place is jumpin 'on me every minut in places promiscuous till I can't tell where to turn, descendin' an 'vanishin' marvelious an 'onaccountable?
Martin Hewitt, Investigator Arthur Morrison 1904
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I fink Ai’m membrin a Brit group – an naow I fink agayn, the “hellos” wernt in descendin order.
snaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Mormons.) "You may foller me," said she, while descendin 'in the midst of a garden which opened rite before us.
Strange Visitors Henry J. Horn
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"I don't know how it is," said he, plaintively, "but somehow your blues air contiguous, an I feel as ef I was descendin into a depression as deep as yourn.
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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The waters o 'Heaven are descendin' upon him where he sets, an 'seems to me ef he's favo'bly situated for anything it is for baptism. "
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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"Ef I remember right," he said, "we'll soon be descendin ', droppin' down fast so to speak, an 'then the weather will grow a heap warmer.
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The waters o 'Heaven are descendin' upon him where he sets, an 'seems to me ef he's favo'bly situated for anything it is for baptism. "
Sonny, a Christmas Guest Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886
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