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Mah missis wuz named Emily Hatchet en de young missises wuz Mittie en
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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-- _I_ don't want no more company, for what with French maids an 'valets, all talkin' the wickedest stuff I ever heard about the ways an 'doins o' their masters an 'missises in London, I'm downright glad to be rid o' the whole lot!
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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-- _I_ don't want no more company, for what with French maids an 'valets, all talkin' the wickedest stuff I ever heard about the ways an 'doins o' their masters an 'missises in London, I'm downright glad to be rid o' the whole lot!
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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-- _I_ don't want no more company, for what with French maids an 'valets, all talkin' the wickedest stuff I ever heard about the ways an 'doins o' their masters an 'missises in London, I'm downright glad to be rid o' the whole lot!
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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It is three stories high, and one wing is devoted to the six "beautiful missises" who compose the female part of his establishment.
A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home Laurence Oliphant 1858
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'O yes, master; missis and the young missises taught us all to read.'
The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) Nehemiah Adams 1842
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It was in this way the convysation ren on -- more tears and questions on my missises part, more sturmness and silence on my master's: it ended for the first time since their marridge, in a reglar quarrel.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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It was in this way the convysation ren on — more tears and questions on my missises part, more sturmness and silence on my master’s: it ended for the first time since their marridge, in a reglar quarrel.
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