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Large Estates Drying Grounds Fazenda
[Pg 244] Owner's Residence Adjoining Drying Grounds on One of the Large Estates Drying Grounds, Fazenda Santa Adelaide, Ribeirao Preto COFFEE PREPARATION IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

let Ethie die Good Father
"Don't let Ethie die, Good Father, don't let her die; at least not till she is ready, and Dick is here to see her--poor old Dick, who loves her so much.
— from Ethelyn's Mistake by Mary Jane Holmes

look ef den get fis
He take odder leelee pot, he go look ef den get fis'; he fine leelee bit.
— from Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales by Henry W. Ward

lest er daddy gets fightin
but she's frit with that flay-boggart of a Chinaman," said Dick, "wi'out it be she trembles lest 'er daddy gets fightin' agen.
— from Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming

Lord Elcho differs greatly from
The state [Pg 244] ment of Lord Elcho differs greatly from that of Mr. Home.
— from Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume III. by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.

Longuet et de gente façon
Li autres ars fu d'un plançon 920 Longuet et de gente façon; Si fu bien fait et bien dolés, Et si fu moult bien pipelés.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer

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