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laughter Elsie I cried kissing
I shrieked with laughter, 'Elsie,' I cried, kissing her dear yellow little head, 'you are impayable .
— from Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen

last exhausted I could kill
She walked the floor in rage and dropped at last exhausted: "I could kill him!"
— from The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

Lord ef I could kneel
“O Lord, ef I could kneel down hyar and say I repented with godly repentance fer sin and determination never to sin agen, I'd do it, and ask you to pardon me for Jesus' sake, but I kain't repent—I jes' kain't!
— from Elder Conklin by Frank Harris

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