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Well, I also observed that it gives Duncan some trouble to speak loud enough to her. So I have invented a sort of ear-trumpet a tin pipe with an ear-piece at one end and a mouth-piece at the other, which I hope may make things easier." "Hev ye not tried it yet?" asked McKay. "Not yet. I've only just brought it." "Go down, lad, an' try it at wanse, an' let me know what the upshot iss."
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - The Buffalo Runners: A Tale of the Red River Plains

We can't get sleep, standing at an angle of forty-five degrees. Why should we not try to change our position by seeking another place?" "Well, Harry, as you have made the request, I'll tell you what's just come into my mind. I only feel astonished it didn't occur to any of us sooner." "Mother av Moses!" cried Terence, jocularly adopting his native brogue; "and why don't you out with it at wanse?
Mayne Reid - The Boy Slaves
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