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Maybe Uncle Silas has ketched a
"Maybe Uncle Silas has ketched a panther by the tail, too," said she, hopefully.
— from Silas Strong, Emperor of the Woods by Irving Bacheller

my unmerciful scoldings had killed any
Finding I had withdrawn his allowance he was glad to see me go, for my unmerciful scoldings had killed any love he may have had for me.
— from Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

my uncle says he knows a
My uncle tells my father to wait awhile because my uncle says he knows a man who has a horse that can win a race.
— from The Little Navajo Herder by Ann Nolan Clark

marry until she had killed a
She was at that time twelve years of age, and solemnly vowed that she would never marry until she had killed a hundred of the enemy with her own hand.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger

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