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  • My gov'nor was a-talkin 'to Major Bradley this mornin' w'ile I was a-mykin '' is tea, an '

    Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army James Norman Hall 1919

  • No doubt she's s'ying, "'Eaven be prysed those women are mykin' a demonstrytion in Trafalgar Square, and I'll 'ave a little peace and quiet at' ome for one Sunday in me life."'

    The Convert 1907

  • No doubt she's s'ying, "'Eaven be prysed those women are mykin' a demonstrytion in Trafalgar Square, and I'll 'ave a little peace and quiet at' ome for one Sunday in me life."'

    The Convert Elizabeth Robins 1907

  • "Wot's the good of mykin 'a' oly show of ourselves for them mugs?" he demanded.

    Chapter 9 1904

  • "You won't be mykin 'anythink on them, y'r gryce," said the lad with a humour which opened the doors of Ian Stafford's heart wide; for to him heaven itself would be insupportable if it had no humorists.

    The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897

  • "You won't be mykin 'anythink on them, y'r gryce," said the lad with a humour which opened the doors of Ian Stafford's heart wide; for to him heaven itself would be insupportable if it had no humorists.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • "Wot's the good of mykin 'a' oly show of ourselves for them mugs?" he demanded.

    The Sea Wolf Jack London 1896

  • "My 'eart's breakin', and I ain't a-goin 'to let it break without mykin' them that's broken it know what they've done to me."

    The Dust Flower Basil King 1893

  • "I sye, girls, don't you go to mykin 'a fuss and spoilin' your lives, when you've got a chanst as'll never come again."

    The Dust Flower Basil King 1893

  • 'Ere's one of us plyced in a' igh position, and instead o 'bein' proud of it, and givin '' er a lift to carry 'er along, you're all for mykin' it as

    The Dust Flower Basil King 1893

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