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"Arrah," said Terence, as he took his place, "I'd as soon l'ave me gun behind as Davy and the dhrum."
The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909
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"Arrah," said Terence, as he took his place, "I'd as soon l'ave me gun behind as Davy and the dhrum."
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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"Arrah," said Terence, as he took his place, "I'd as soon l'ave me gun behind as Davy and the dhrum."
The Crossing 1904
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-- E.] [Footnote 270: The cape on the Arabian shore is called Arrah-morah, or of St Anthony, and that on the African _Jebul al Mondub_, or _Mandab_, which signifies the Mountain of Lamentation, as formerly explained respecting _Bab-al-Mandub_, the name of the straits -- E.] [Footnote 271: In Arabic _Al Bab_ is the gate, and _Al Abwah_ the gates.
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"Arrah," bayed Costigan, "but the women question is gittin’ complicated ontoirely, wid Miss Rodney — an’ herself lukin’ loike a saint in a church window — dalin’ the mails an’ th’ other wan tachin’ in the mountains.
Judith of the Plains Marie Manning
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"Arrah," said an Irishman to the proprietor, "raley now, is it in grane all the Oirish girruls do be drissed?
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs
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"Arrah," she exclaimed, "God bless you -- is this you?
Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published Maria Monk 1832
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"Arrah," cried Mrs. Connor, "the dear crature made me promise to tell nobody at all, but sure I may tell you without breaking it; and so, Sir, I cannot say myself where she is, though if you will enquire for her at Paddy’s sister’s in London, to be sure she knows."
Honoria Sommerville 1789
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- Arrah, sure the young lads about here have an attitude problem.
cyclops 2010
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As the Tammany Indian collapsed from a Whig arrow to his chest, Loco Foco cried Arrah be me soul Ould Tammany, your faithful Loco Foco will die wid you!
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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