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Now if Mr. Roarings and Miss 'Arringay met frequent like that——' 'Elizabeth,' I interposed, 'mind your own business'; and I went out of the kitchen with dignity.
From Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel by Kilpatrick, Florence A. (Florence Antoinette)
Wot I like about Mr. Roarings is the rough kind o' suits 'e wears, them baggy trousis, an' also 'is great clompin' boots.
From Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel by Kilpatrick, Florence A. (Florence Antoinette)
Mrs. Roarings, then, 'as only got me to thank for the present 'appy state o' things.'
From Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel by Kilpatrick, Florence A. (Florence Antoinette)
Very few would admire a man like Mr. Roarings.
From Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel by Kilpatrick, Florence A. (Florence Antoinette)
Roarings burst forth through the crashings of the cymbals.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
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