mina was not speedily to be beaten, nor was the British general the slow unenterprising leader that the Emperor took him to be.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
But nobody was in de house but mina, a little gal 'bout eight year ole, massa bought out of a drove was passin' by de kitchen door, and run to the fiel' shoutin' all de way 'Phil's alive!
"A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences"
Laura S. Haviland
I had masses of gold coins thrown among the people in the street, and gave mina, the beautiful girl who headed the chorus at my arrival, all the jewels I had brought with me, for distribution among her friends.
"The Worlds Greatest Books Vol. II: Fiction"
Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.