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But what did I do when I was so confounedly disgusted by my guvnor ankring after the baronnites money wich it wasnt rite nor yet onest.
From Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope
All at onest I see one o’ them big water-hawks—osparay they call ’em—plunge down an’ rise up agin wi’ a catfish in his claws.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
Euclid was consulted, and recommended the "onest craft of good masonry," and the origin of the order is found "yn Egypte lande."
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Joseph Fort Newton
I did go to a shop onest," said the old man, "and I did ax, but they didn't seem able to gi' me the right 'uns.
From North, South and over the Sea by M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis
I am now inclined to suspect it no corruption at all, but only an erratic and obsolete superlative at onest.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
