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OPINIONS before the next Election, when I intend to hoffer myself as a Candydick for Parlymint.
Burlesques 2006
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OPINIONS before the next Election, when I intend to hoffer myself as a Candydick for Parlymint.
The diary of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq., with his letters 2006
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"Well," the friend counseled, "you just get her into a corner some'eres and say to 'er,' Dearest 'Attie, I hoffer you my' and hand my 'eart.'"
Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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"If you kick me, sir," said Binger with dignity, "I shall hoffer my resignation."
The Black Edgar Wallace 1903
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My hown cuthen'th gone to Mithter Wemmick at thith prethent minute, to hoffer him hany termth.
Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861
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My hown cuthen'th gone to Mithter Wemmick at thith prethent minute, to hoffer him hany termth.
Great Expectations 1860
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"Vas the hoffer a good one?" asked Steel Spring, in a low voice.
The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia William Henry Thomes 1859
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"You won't git the hoffer twice," she said, sitting down again.
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Jem persisted in returning no answer but this: "You want your dinner, captain; eat your dinner, and then I'll hoffer a hobservation; meantime, as these woods are queer places, a little hextra caution is no sin."
It Is Never Too Late to Mend Charles Reade 1849
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"Well," the friend counseled, "you just get her into a corner some'eres and say to 'er,' Dearest 'Attie, I hoffer you my' and hand my 'eart.'"
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