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Mrs. John; perf'ly bew'ful, with won'erful gray hair and golden eyes, perf'ly bew'ful girl.
You Should Worry Says John Henry Hugh McHugh
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"Oh, man!" he exclaimed, laying the still groaning instrument gently aside, "oh, man! is it no juist won'erful?"
The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"This is mos 'won'erful country," writes Tony to his brother in Italy.
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He draws it on and capers in the shafts of window-moonlight -- won'erful devilish-like.
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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A won'erful smooth-skinned, rough-tongued cheat you be.
Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'"Aaa-men!" roars Sebastian, and ere I could hold him, he leaps down the stairs -- won'erful devilish-like howling no bounds.
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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They had some beer at the refreshment-room, and offered Golightly some too, because he had "swore won'erful."
Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'My woman was won'erful weather-tender, too,' said Hobden.
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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A won'erful choice place for Pharisees, the Marsh, by all accounts, till
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"He is shorely won'erful," said Long Jim admiringly.
The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" 1890
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