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LINTON - Hooked rugs and other kinds of yarn-hooked art created by a group of Greene County women who call themsel ...
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LINTON - Hooked rugs and other kinds of yarn-hooked art created by a group of Greene County women who call themsel ...
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We want men who can look at things withoot seem 'themsel's as the center o' a 'things.
The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh
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We will share wi 'them what we haf, provided they will be behavin' themsel's and mindin 'their peeziness.
The Major Ralph Connor 1898
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He paused a moment, then added, "They'll dee weel eneuch i 'the ither warl', I doobtna, whaur naebody has to haud aff o 'themsel's."
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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An 'for onything I ken, that' ll be what maks ghaists o 'themsel's efter they' re deid, settin 'them waukin', as they ca '' t.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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I hae seen fowk, 'cause they couldna believe a body duin 'a thing frae a sma' modicum o 'gude wull, set themsel's to invent what they ca'd a motive til accoont for't -- something, that is, that wud hae prevailt wi' themsel's to gar them du't.
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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-- His fingers were sae used till 't that they could 'maist do the thing o' themsel's -- Isna 't lucky, my leddy, that I thocht o 'sayin' 't ower to you!
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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They tret me -- I winna say like ane o 'themsel's, but as if they would hae likit me for ane o' themsel's, gien it had pleased the
The Elect Lady George MacDonald 1864
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"Na, na, Jean," interposed the farmer, "they wad tak care o 'themsel's to the last, an' aye haud to the dryest, jist as ye wad yersel '."
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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