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Put a little pro-fanity by f'r rainy days, says I.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Ivrybody swore at ivrybody else. Th 'little boys runnin' around with type prattled innocent pro-fanity an 'afther awhile th' iditor come in an 'he swore more thin annybody else.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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I haf zeen on the fieldt of pattle the voarst eggsipitions of human paseness -- chelousy, fanity, ecodistic bridte.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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I haf zeen on the fieldt of pattle the voarst eggsipitions of human paseness -- chelousy, fanity, ecodistic bridte.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 4 William Dean Howells 1878
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I haf zeen on the fieldt of pattle the voarst eggsipitions of human paseness -- chelousy, fanity, ecodistic bridte.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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Sir Edward L*y - ton, mayor of Yarmouth, gave le - veral ilrong inflances to prove in - fanity in both lord Frederick and his brother lord Charles.
The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ... 1797
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Thus impelled by the mod powerful motives that can a6lnate the hu - man mind, the citizens of Florence were feizcd with a temporary in* fanity.
The Monthly Review 1796
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What dreams prefage, what dangers thefe or thofe Portend to fanity, though prudent feers 41 3:
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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The father immediately turned the plough afide and on this proof of his fanity, was conipel - ieii to engage in the expedition.
A Translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English Verse: With ... 1785
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"But it don't do to use pro-fanity th 'way ye wud ordin'ry wurruds.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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