spake up
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"I'll not spake up, till I know all that Phelim's to expect," said Donovan.
From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
I And didn’t I get good wives for all the well-behaved boys in my parish?—Why don’t you spake up, Mick Donovan?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841 by Various
"Perhaps your reverence is right," she replied; "but the mother's heart will spake up sometimes whin it ought to be silent."
From My New Curate by Patrick Augustine Sheehan
You spake for me, Miss Nora; you spake up for me, girleen.
From Light O' the Morning by L. T. Meade
"Ah," cried Norah, in a tone of dismay and grief, "how can I reach it there? and where am I to get the heart to spake up to the lord-lieutenant for poor Phin?"
From Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Grace Greenwood
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