Red Windows Hall: A Lancashire StorySimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1868 - 144 páginas |
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abeaut afore agen Alice Winwood aw dunno Aw know Aw reckon aw think aw'd aw'll aw'm aw'st aw've bless blowke cawn't chap conno cousin dame deawn doesno Dolmey Turtingtower dooce door dost down't Ducky's eaur eaut exclaimed eyes face feeling fellow fotchin gentleman Geoffrey Winwood getten girl gooin hand Heaw hoo's i'th JOHN HEYWOOD Jolly Carter keaws landlady leet lips live look lung meean Merriton mind Nawe neaw nob'dy nobbut nowt o'er o'th oatcake old weaver owd crayther owd lad quid Red Windows Hall reet replied Richard Holmroyd round rowd Sam's sister someb'dy sort staind summat suppose Tabby Tact tell theau theau'll theaw thee theere ther ther's they'n thing Thomas Trotter thowt Tipham towd Tummy Trotter turmit turned wench wheere winno wonder workhouse wouldno yo'n young
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