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  • "I tol 'him," Crump went on, "thet things was already a-gettin 'kind o' frolicsome round hyeh agin; thet the Marcums 'n' Braytons was a-takin 'up the ole war,' n 'would be a-plunkin' one 'nother every time they got together,' n 'a-gittin' the whole country in fear 'n' tremblin '-- now thet Steve Marcum had come back."

    The Last Stetson John Fox 1891

  • Well, right now, one man has all Washington a'feared and a'tremblin '.

    CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2005 2005

  • The wee birds in the blast are a 'tremblin' wi 'the cauld;

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

  • He listened, breathing sort o 'sharp, as if my words hurt him, an' then of a sudden he went white an 'tremblin', an 'dashed out into the darkness o' the night.

    Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road 1921

  • He's got to work out his salvation in fear an 'tremblin' same as us.

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • 'See that, Josey!' he sez, an '' is eyes were all wild-like an '' is lips was a 'tremblin';

    God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889

  • 'See that, Josey!' he sez, an '' is eyes were all wild-like an '' is lips was a 'tremblin';

    God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889

  • 'See that, Josey!' he sez, an '' is eyes were all wild-like an '' is lips was a 'tremblin';

    God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889

  • "To the thief, sor, av coorse, who was standin 'tremblin' fornint him, while the sexton was diggin 'the grave to putt him in alive -- in the dark shadow of a big tombstone."

    Twice Bought 1859

  • The little man was seized vith a wiolent fit o 'tremblin', and never vent outside the prison walls artervards! '

    The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841

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