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  1.  Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Hand In A Sling / Poe, Edgar Allen
    did I comprehind what he wud be afther the tilling me at all at all, excipting and saving that he said "pully wou ... , so I made light o' the matter and kipt dark, and got quite sociable wid the little chap, and afther  details...
  2.  Observations By Mr. Dooley / Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936
    me that wan iv th' first things man done afther he'd larned to kill his neighborin' animals, an' make a meal iv ... ' lace-wurruk. A man iv that kind might start to write, but if he did, he'd stop an' think afther a while  details...
  3.  Mr. Dooley Says / Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936
    in th' grip, write a note to his wife that afther thinkin' it over f'r forty years he had made ... afther. She'd been pretty active about th' childher while he was pickin' up more iddycation in th' way iv  details...
  4.  Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen / Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936
    it on durin' business hours, people begin to get down on him, an' afther a while they're ready to hang ... out afther midnight an' make thim give a satisfacthry account iv thimsilves or run thim off to jail. Iv  details...
  5.  Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds / Vale, Ferna
    at its side." MRS. J.H. HANAFORD. "Och, sure, mem, and it's meself that's afther a thinking ... to the settlement by another night." "Yes, sir, I am afther urging on the bastes for the last piece or two  details...
  6.  The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three / Carleton, William, 1794-1869
    she didn't come home in time to let me meet him. Well, I'll go back an' spake soft to her, for, afther all ... I was in my grave! But then, agin', how am I to face death?--and that same's not the worst; for afther death comes  details...
  7.  Mr. Dooley's Philosophy / Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936
    this poor way-worn sowl, afther thryin' ivry other rimidy fr'm dhrivin' a coach to failin' to vote, at las ... , with a step jaunty and high, afther years iv servile freedom a bondman at last! "So he's a citizen iv Gr  details...
  8.  The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two / Carleton, William, 1794-1869
    the other, "myself can't exactly say that. I'll be bound he's on the _Esker_, looking afther the sheep, poor ... your father that he must get some one else to look afther his sheep. Ay! he's dead!--But that's past. Meehaul  details...
  9.  The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World / Boyton, Paul, 1848-1914
    aboard. "O'im in the same line meself. But instead of lookin' afther dirthy, bad-smellin' sea shells, it's afther the shells of ould Vessels Oi am." Paul gladly promised to go aboard that afternoon. The captain ...  details...
  10.  The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two / Carleton, William, 1794-1869
    to yourself, an' not to be idlin' the rest till afther your work's done. Throth it was an unlucky day ... . I trust, ma'am, you'll guard her an' look afther her as if she was one of your own." This unlucky  details...

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