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Word: speake (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have a distinctly moral purpose," this lady began, "in everything I say, although I always speak out plain and 'call a spade a spade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COPYRIGHT CONGRESS. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...think how you must have suffered all these years!" he kept exclaiming. "And, Jamie, won't you speak a word of greeting to your Uncle John...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A POSETT EPISODE. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...remedied. Though not entirely free from typographical errors, still they now occur but infrequently, and both the form and the matter of the paper show more care and attention than they have in the past. Having criticised the Echo's failings, we feel that it is but just to speak this commendatory word regarding its evident improvement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...thought the poet must be you, and I started off with a happy heart; but on my way I thought, what if he were not you! I could not be sure, you see, and my heart failed me before I reached the door; but then I heard you speak to my father, and I recognized your voice. You said, 'I cannot take your daughter under any circumstances.' Can she change your decision, sir, if she herself begs you to take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR FIRST FAMILIES. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...deem'd thee . . . Speak not to me, lest my wrath

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SILVER CHALICE. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

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