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'Tain't a' ooman, for all dem gret long sleeves: you know dat yo'se'f.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various
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You bin cuttin 'up yo' capers en bouncin '' roun 'in dis neighborhood ontwel you come ter b'leeve yo'se'f de boss er de whole gang.
Reveries of a Schoolmaster Francis B. Pearson
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"Well, shut yo 'fool mouth and get yo'se'f to work," ordered Blatch.
Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan
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You c'n pray fer grace, an 'when you gits grace you're all right, rain er no rain; but you better not resk yo'se'f on rain.
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This is jest fool courage -- to go an 'git yo'se'f killed up.
Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan
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Dey mo 'ways ter fin' out who fell in de mill-pond widout fallin 'in yo'se'f.'
The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe
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"Marse Wes, you haddat pitchfo'k dere yo'se'f dis mawnin '; I ain't nevah touch dat pitchfo'k."
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An ', Jack, remember -- don't forget yo'se'f and hold up anybody.
The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore
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"He'p yo'se'f!" exclaimed the colored man with a grin as he extended a canvas bag that was tied to the stock of the electric gun.
Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder Roy Rockwood
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"You're mighty free and permisc'ous makin 'rules for kissin' games, but I take notice you don't follow none of 'em yo'se'f."
Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan
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