bleak
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"Weel!" exclaimed the farmer, "it jist blecks me to ken hoo there can be ony trowth i' the Bible, whan a man like that comes sae near to beggin' his breid!"
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George
For this life it jist blecks me to think o' onything I wad hae or wad lowse.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
What comes o' the siller it jist blecks me to think: there's no a thing aboot the hoose to shaw for 't!
From Heather and Snow by MacDonald, George
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"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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