"Tell It Like It Is"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

http://books.google.com/books?id=BqwFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA4-PA216&dq=%22like+it+was%22+tell-it+OR+told-it+OR+telling-it+date:1700-1945&lr=&num=100&as_brr=0

1884: <<(I am going to tell the gentlemen just like it was)>>

http://books.google.com/books?id=THwOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22like+it+was%22+tell-it+OR+told-it+OR+telling-it+date:1700-1945&dq=%22like+it+was%22+tell-it+OR+told-it+OR+telling-it+date:1700-1945&lr=&num=100&as_brr=0&pgis=1

"1932": <<he was telling it just like it was.>>

[Abominable snippet. It does look genuine, however.]

http://books.google.com/books?id=CFUwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22like+it+was%22+tell-it+OR+told-it+OR+telling-it+date:1700-1945&dq=%22like+it+was%22+tell-it+OR+told-it+OR+telling-it+date:1700-1945&lr=&num=100&as_brr=0&pgis=1

"1930": <<it happened long ago, and I gain nothing by telling it like it was.>>

[Unverifiable because of snippetry.]

http://books.google.com/books?id=DUY1AAAAMAAJ&q=%22like+it+was%22+tell-it+OR+told-it+OR+telling-it+date:1700-1945&dq=%22like+it+was%22+tell-it+OR+told-it+OR+telling-it+date:1700-1945&lr=&num=100&as_brr=0&pgis=1

"1935": <<Jest tells de story like it was.>>

[Unverifiable because of snippetry.]

-- Doug Wilson


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