Example Sentences

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"I wonder ye kin talk to sech peartness, Mr. Hopper," said Mrs. Foster severely; "she ain't got eyes nor senses for anythin' but that book."

From Openings in the Old Trail by Harte, Bret

He was a very large baby, larger even than a new-born bear cub, and no doubt his mother felt a justifiable pride in his size and his general peartness.

From Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals by Hulbert, William Davenport

There is little difference between the "peartness" of the one, and the "smartness" of the other; or the "high tone" of the South, and the nonchalance of the North.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by Owens, John Algernon