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  • Those mahonia eggs are the most wonderfu color in real life, too.

    Randomness « Fairegarden 2008

  • He was sittin 'behind the counter upon the lang three-leggit stool that stood fornent Mr. Weft's desk, and was turning ower the leaves of his ledger, wi' a look which, for auld-fashioned sagaciousness, was wonderfu 'to behold.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 Various

  • "A thocht them wonderfu 'bloodthirsty folk," grumbled Stewart, tenderly patting a slowly healing scar on his cheek.

    Adventures in Many Lands Various

  • An 'upo' the very spot whaur the gulf had been there grew a wonderfu 'grove o' hawthorn trees, the finest

    Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Margaret Bruce Clarke

  • "Maist wonderfu ', is't no'?" interjected Gavin -- then the responsibilities of a host began to weigh upon him, and he urged Mr. Blake to reconsider his decision about the process; but Mr. Blake was firm.

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • It is a quaint and crude little edifice, and the people were so kindly and the service so hearty that one feels "wonderfu 'lifted up."

    Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Katie Spalding 1911

  • London's the most wonderfu 'city i' the world, I do believe.

    Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910

  • It's wonderfu 'to lie oot under the stars on the range at nicht, after the day's work is done.

    Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910

  • It's e'en more wonderfu 'the noo; there's skyscrapers they'd not dared dream of, so high they are, when I was first there.

    Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910

  • Th 'first thing' e said was, how wonderfu 'sorry' e was o 'gettin' into such a mess an 'givin' we th 'trouble o' comin 'out for un.

    Adrift on an Ice-Pan Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1902

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