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- (now nonstandard) Alternative form of hers
- 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book VI. The manners and character of the Italians.] Chap[ter] I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume II, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 34:
- But who could resist the seductions of a grace like her’s?
- 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 64:
- […] as Mrs. Collins had settled it with her husband that the office of introduction should be her’s, it was performed in a proper manner, without any of those apologies and thanks which he would have thought necessary.
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