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An infernal pianna was jingling from morning till night — two eldest Miss
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Sold up heverythin: ponies, and pianna, and brougham, and all.
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Because all the time I sees him by the wool-shed he keeps on thumping that blasted pianna.
Died in the Wool Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1945
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W'y, Miss 'Liza Harris set down an' played mos 'splendid on yo' pianna, an 'she compermented you mos' high.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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-- Sold up heverythin: ponies, and pianna, and brougham, and all.
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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An infernal pianna was jingling from morning till night -- two eldest Miss Buckmasters, "Battle of Prag" -- six youngest Miss Shums, "In my Cottage," till I knew every note in the "Battle of Prag," and cussed the day when "In my Cottage" was rote.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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A extraordinary 'appy child; and Miss Innes has promised to' ave him taught the pianna. "
Sister Teresa 1892
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More locustarum montes et pianna teguntur.] 70 See William of Malmsbury, de
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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