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"If yü baint too tired, zor, vor to look over the accounts, 'tis all theear but the pultry that Mr.—"

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various

Despite this rule, he gives the name of President Sun in its more commonly known Cantonese form, Sun Yat-sen, rather than in the kuo yü, Sun I-hsien.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony

If yü be agwoin' thrü Trevalga, Miss Wenna, just yü stop and have a look at that peg: yü'll be 'mazed to see en.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various

"Why, zor, yü knaw en well enough," said the man in the same surly fashion.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various

In the transliteration of Chinese words and names he has adhered more or less closely to the Wade system, and has rendered most terms in the kuo yü, or national language.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony