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and behold he is nigh a year
Seven, nine, ten months go over his white-hooded head; and behold, he is nigh a year old, and still Uranian.
— from Patrins To Which Is Added an Inquirendo Into the Wit & Other Good Parts of His Late Majesty King Charles the Second by Louise Imogen Guiney

An Beauty he is nearly all yally
An' Beauty he is nearly all yally.
— from The Scratch Pack by Dorothea Conyers

Alice but he is not asleep yet
"He went up stairs about half an hour before you came," said Alice; "but he is not asleep yet, I am sure.
— from The Robber, A Tale. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

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