pasha
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But this reign of the puritanical army was really "the last glimpse of the godlike!"—it was "the reign of God!" and we live under the reign of ——, psha!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various
But, psha, I've the heart of a soldier,— All gentleness, mercy, and pity.
From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony
Some, indeed, of belles lettres, poems, plays, or memoirs, he tossed indignantly aside, with the implied censure of "psha," or "frivolous"; but the greater and bulkier part of the collection bore a very different character.
From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir
My dear sir, Mr. Sharpus, whom you appear to like, is, I assure you, a most dreadful cannibal;" the gentleman cries, "Oh, psha, nonsense!
From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace
None, none, psha, tush, blurt, pish; none can.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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Muslim Empires and the Middle East - High School
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Muslim Empires and the Middle East - Middle School
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