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capel all the above provincialisms are still more
"Excepting the obsolete forms hethen (hence), swa , lorn , whilke , alswa , capel —all the above provincialisms are still, more or less, current in the north-west part of Yorkshire.
— from The English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

comfortably as their angles permitted and started merrily
We climbed over our boxes, which filled the body of the vehicle, settled ourselves upon them as comfortably as their angles permitted, and started merrily on our way.
— from Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge

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