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"It wasn't a question of troost then; 'twas one of right or wrong -- naught else."
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897
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"It wasn't a question of troost then; 'twas one of right or wrong -- naught else."
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"It wasn't a question of troost then; 'twas one of right or wrong -- naught else."
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Thonk ye, Mr. Meeddlemore," retorted Cranstoun drily, yet good humouredly; "yeet as ye're to be attoched to my deveesion y'ell perhops roon jeest the same reesk, and as it may be that y'ell not want more wine than we've taken the day, any moore than mysel ', a pleedge ye, in retoorn, a safe possage to Heeven, when a troost ye will be joodged for better qualities than ye poossess as a poonster."
The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled a Tale of the Late American War — Volume 2 John Richardson 1824
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"Thonk ye, Mr. Meeddlemore," retorted Cranstoun drily, yet good humouredly; "yeet as ye're to be attoched to my deveesion y'ell perhops roon jeest the same reesk, and as it may be that y'ell not want more wine than we've taken the day, any moore than mysel ', a pleedge ye, in retoorn, a safe possage to Heeven, when a troost ye will be joodged for better qualities than ye poossess as a poonster."
The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled a Tale of the Late American War — Complete John Richardson 1824
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A wee, dreich hen ay nae use ’at Ah main troost wi’ mah life.
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
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