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  • "Well, misther, allowin 'all this to be thrue, what of it?"

    The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886

  • Town, when O'Gorman, who had been forward among the crew, came slouching aft along the deck, in true shell-back fashion, and, with the rather abrupt salutation of "Morning misther; mornin ', miss," unceremoniously joined us.

    The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886

  • "The top o 'the mornin' to ye, misther," he began.

    The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886

  • By the powers, misther, I'll tell ye that same in a brace of shakes.

    The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886

  • "War that yours, misther?" he asked, not unkindly.

    Bricks without Straw A Novel 1880

  • "War that yours, misther?" he asked, not unkindly.

    Bricks Without Straw Albion Winegar Tourg��e 1871

  • What Bessie might have said or how long the interview might have lasted, we have no means of knowing, for a shrill cry in the distance of "None of that, misther! for I'm comin 'meself to take the hide of ye," startled them from their state of bliss, and looking up they saw Jennie bearing swiftly down upon them, with both arms extended ready for fight.

    Bessie's Fortune A Novel Mary Jane Holmes 1866

  • So the long and the short of it is, misther, that you'll have to find the place for us. "

    The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886

  • That's all right, misther; you navigate the brig to that place, and you'll find an oiland there, safe enough. "

    The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886

  • "Now, misther, I want ye to get a bit of paper and write down the directions that Oi'll read out to ye.

    The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886

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