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do ressure you and dey
" "What a goose you are, Sorrow," sais I. "Fac, Massa," he said, "fac I do ressure you, and dey called de little piggy doctor fell over, ' a coach .'
— from Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

deer remember you are dealing
In fishing for trout or floating deer, remember you are dealing with the wary, and that the broad blades are very showy in motion.
— from Woodcraft and Camping by George Washington Sears

dog remember you are dealing
In all treatment of a sick dog, remember you are dealing with a highly sensitive and nervous patient, be very gentle, avoid roughness, or anything likely to alarm him; in giving any liquid medicine, do not open his mouth , but placing him between your knees with his face looking in same direction as your own, gently raise his jaw, and pulling his lips away from his teeth, on one side of his mouth, to form a cup, or funnel, very slowly pour from bottle or spoon, the quantity he is to have, into it.
— from All About Dogs: A Book for Doggy People by Charles Henry Lane

don Rodrigo y aun don
Lockhart prints translations of two romances relating to the Infantes of Lara, one of them being modern, 25 and the other the famous A cazar va don Rodrigo y aun don Rodrigo de Lara.
— from Chapters on Spanish Literature by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

dress Ray you and Dot
"I like the way you dress, Ray; you and Dot;" he said to her, when tea was over and taken away, and she was replacing the cloth and setting the sewing-lamp down upon the table.
— from The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

dinners reddy Yores afectionate DICK
"Thee do come dinners reddy "Yores afectionate DICK GILLANDER"
— from Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. by Various

demon retired yelling and discomfited
The demon retired, yelling and discomfited; and the old man, entering the apartment, with tears congratulated his guest on his victory in the fated struggle.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829 by Various


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