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Tell him, when he theeth our horthe begin to danthe, not to be afraid of being thpilt, but to look out for a pony – gig coming up.
Hard Times 2002
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But what I thay, Thquire, ith, that good tempered or bad tempered, I never did a horthe a injury yet, no more than thwearing at him went, and that I don't expect I thall begin otherwithe at my time of life, with a rider.
Ten Girls from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser
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"I wonder if that horthe would jump if I fired a thnowball?"
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times Amy Brooks
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"I gueth you'd like to kick the horthe too," observed Tommy.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas Janet Aldridge
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But if, when you're grown up and married and well off, you come upon any horthe-riding ever, don't be hard upon it, don't be croth with it, give it a Bethpeak if you can, and think you might do worth.
Ten Girls from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser
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Likewithe if you wath to thtand a collar for the dog, or a thet of bellth for the horthe, I thould be very glad to take 'em.
Hard Times 1876
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If you wath to thee our Children in the Wood, with their father and mother both a dyin 'on a horthe-their uncle a retheiving of 'em ath hith wardth, upon a horthe-themthelvth both a goin' a black-berryin 'on a horthe-and the Robinth a coming in to cover 'em with leavth, upon a horthe-you'd thay it wath the completetht thing ath ever you thet your eyeth on!
Hard Times 1876
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But what I thay, Thquire, ith, that good tempered or bad tempered, I never did a horthe a injury yet, no more than thwearing at him went, and that I don't expect I thall begin otherwithe at my time of life, with a rider.
Hard Times 1876
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And if my horthe ever thtirth from that thpot where he beginth a danthing, till the morning-I don't know him?
Hard Times 1876
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It'll be a dark night; I've got a horthe that'll do anything but thpeak; I've got a pony that'll go fifteen mile an hour with Childerth driving of him; I've got a dog that'll keep a man to one plathe four-and-twenty hourth.
Hard Times 1876
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