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Word: wa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Wa al, sor; I haven't got nuthin' agin the gintlemin at the college and I don't mind, tillin' yer a few things. The gintlemin's always pretty good to us ; we gits poor pay and if now and thin we takes a few things, yer know, of no rale value, why who kin blame the loike o' poor us? We've got ter live somehow, yer knows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goodies. | 1/23/1885 | See Source »

Donor's Tablet. Inscribed by Ka-me-da, Giver of bell to the Buddhist Temple, cast and engraved by Ko-ga-wa, Cu-ni-no-hi, in the eleventh year of the age Bunka...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/19/1883 | See Source »

...sorrow is expressed by the voice of the bell. When the wicked ones in hell hear its sound they forget for a time their torments, and, confessing their sins, pray to be received into Heaven. It also causes the devils to flee." This caused me to have Ko-ga-wa make this bell in memory of many rejoicing believers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/19/1883 | See Source »

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