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My grandfather was a state senator, and he could spiel graceful an 'pleasin' till the cows come home.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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I almost split when I saw'm layin 'himself out sweet an' pleasin '.
Amateur Night 2010
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He never interested ther colt in him, never rubbed his nose and whispered inter his ear thet his heart would be broke if ther colt didn't win; so ther colt only ran ter please hisself 'nd never thought o' pleasin 'his rider.
The Wedge of Gold C. C. Goodwin
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Oor brother fell, nae doot, but it was lang syne, and he has walked worthy o 'the Lord unto a' pleasin 'since, an' borne a guid witness to his Maister.
St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles
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My grandfather was a state senator, and he could spiel graceful an 'pleasin' till the cows come home.
Chapter 15 1913
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Well, that reporter he goes back an 'writes a piece in his paper about how it was the chance of a lifetime for any onmarried fe-male, of even disposition an' pleasin 'appearance, between the ages of twenty an' thirty-five, to marry a guaranteed Texas cowpuncher, warranted kind an 'sound an' to run easy in double harness.
Oh, You Tex! William MacLeod Raine 1912
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I almost split when I saw'm layin 'himself out sweet an' pleasin '.
Amateur Night 1906
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"Miss Maud, don't you reckon dat ef Moses had a-save 'up money enough to a-boughtened his freedom, dat'd a-been de wery sign mos' pleasin 'to Gawd dat he' uz highly fitten to be sot free widout paying?"
The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884
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Or is the view out theah mo 'pleasin' than the one in heah? "
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Or is the view out theah mo 'pleasin' than the one in heah? "
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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