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gwine let em enjoy dey
Dey jus' wasn't gwine let 'em enjoy dey freedom.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

gridiron like everyone else does
I thought you'd have a little sympathy with me,” she whimpered, “instead of putting me on the gridiron like everyone else does.”
— from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo

General Lewis expecting every day
General Lewis expecting every day to be joined by Governor Dunmore had neglected to fortify his camp near the junction of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.
— from Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt

green LONG ED earnestly desired
EV' ER GREEN, always green. LONG' ED, earnestly desired. RE POSE, rest; quietude. RAN' SOM ED, redeemed.
— from Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles of Rhetorical Reading; with Numerous Exercises for Practice, Both in Prose and Poetry, Various in Style, and Carefully Adapted to the Purposes of Teaching in Schools of Every Grade by Charles W. (Charles Walton) Sanders

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