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blow up sorter stiff en de
De win' tuck'n blow up sorter stiff, en de sun look red when she settin'.
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

brought us some Straw every day
They brought us some Straw every day, and littered us down Dog Fashion, and that was all we had for Lodging Gear.
— from The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala

body Uses Syphilis scrofula etc Dose
Iodine addition-product of sesame oil.—Yellow fluid, of purely oleaginous taste; 10% iodine.—Alterative Tonic; carried even to remotest parts of body.— Uses: Syphilis, scrofula, etc.— Dose: 1—2 fl.
— from Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica by Merck & Co.

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