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Mr. Merryweather said he would give me a lesson in surveying; and Frances is going to put me up some luncheon, and I'm in a _norful_ hurry.
Margaret Montfort Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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` Nay, 'says your father, and him all the time suff'rin' from a norful corf, -- ` nay, 'he says, ` don't you have it took off, my man,' he says; and I says I wouldn't, for o 'course I didn't want to go about like a pegtop; and he sets to and makes it right.
First in the Field A Story of New South Wales George Manville Fenn 1870
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There was a norful lot in the persesshun, and sum of
The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858
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Cos there was a norful noise, like the demmycrazey was in leegue with the subterrainon bosses, and they was celebratin there indypendense day.
The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858
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There was a norful crowd at every sta-shun, wot had cum from miles round, to see us distingushed cityzens.
The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858
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