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busy likely an so have you
"Your father's been busy likely, an' so have you; an' anyhow, men ain't much on follerin' up their relations, or writin' to 'em.
— from Flood Tide by Sara Ware Bassett

Beebe larfed and sez he you
With that cousin Beebe larfed, and sez he, "you must be gallant, and help Miss Miles, she hasn't got no refreshments yit."
— from High Life in New York A series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, Justice of the Peace, and Deacon of the church over to Weathersfield in the state of Connecticut by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

bowed low and said Have you
She bowed low and said: “Have you food ready for me?
— from Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore

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