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Gospel mission and about the condition of his tribe on the Penobscot; and it may be not amiss to congratulate him on the success of the steam-doctors in sweating the "pisen" of the regular faculty out of him.

Yankee Gypsies John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

Gospel mission and about the condition of his tribe on the Penobscot; and it may be not amiss to congratulate him on the success of the steam - doctors in sweating the "pisen" of the regular faculty out of him.

Tales and Sketches Part 3, from Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

Gospel mission and about the condition of his tribe on the Penobscot; and it may be not amiss to congratulate him on the success of the steam - doctors in sweating the "pisen" of the regular faculty out of him.

Tales and Sketches, Complete Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

Gospel mission and about the condition of his tribe on the Penobscot; and it may be not amiss to congratulate him on the success of the steam - doctors in sweating the "pisen" of the regular faculty out of him.

The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

When my hurry is over, I will send you a copy to pisen the children with.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

'F she picks up one o' dem warmints fur ax'dent, she'll drap it right quick -- clar outen dar, an 'go to some place whar dar' aint no pisen bug, nor harry caterpillar, nor fousan'-leg worm.

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

'F she comes 'cross de pisen bug, she kicks it clean out de road;' f she sees a harry caterpillar crawlin 'on de leaf or de groun', she jes walks 'long, an 'says cluck, cluck, an' don't let on like she sees it; 'f she scratches de fousan'-leg worm out de dirt, she lets it stay right dar whar it lit.

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

Do you reckon she's gwine scratch fur de pisen bug, fur de harry caterpillar, or fur de fousan'-leg worm?

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

Tastes good, but bitter as pisen under the coating.

Joyce of the North Woods

"How was I to guess that some one was tryin 'to pisen Miss Marvin?"

For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store Lurana W. Sheldon