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perky as you please and she said
She smiled at him as perky as you please and she said in that soft-cotton-wolly voice of hers, “Is there anything that does interest you, Dr. Hurst?”
— from The Youngest Girl in the School by Evelyn Sharp

principles and your person alike said she
Come along, you baggage you!" "Sir, I will let you know that I detest your principles and your person alike," said she.
— from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

pretty as you please and she says
She comes down to the kitchen after breakfast as pretty as you please, and she says, ‘Power,’ says she, ‘you’ll advise me about the dinner to-day,’ says she.
— from Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl by L. T. Meade


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