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  • "Truly the plaace is a nest of Paapists," said Oates.

    The Path of the King John Buchan 1907

  • Well, wan day when 'a was wand'rin 'about, down to Nancledrea or some such plaace, 'a got 'mong lots o' trees an 'bushes an' heerd the cuckoos callin 'to ayche awther, an' awther kinds o 'birds what was singin' or talkin, 'an' all as knawin 'as humans, like.

    Drolls From Shadowland

  • Then the thrawn o 'heaven'll stand empty -- empty -- the plaace

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • 'Tis just a bit o 'crimson red tailor's cloth to cover the soft plaace' pon a lil baaby's head 'fore the bones of en graw together.

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • An 'I'll come back, tu, if I may hope for awnly the lowest plaace.

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • Hell's bigger'n Heaven; an 'er's need to be, for Heaven's like to be a lonely plaace, when all's said.

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • "You ban't feared o 'piskeys nor nothin' in a lawnsome plaace like thicky byre?"

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • Ban't your plaace to judge a man as walks wi 'God, like Moses done.

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • I be punished wi 'loss an' wi 'sich work put on me as may lead to a terrible ugly plaace at the end.

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • Heaven's no need to be a big plaace -- theer 'edn' gwaine to be no crowdin 'theer.

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

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