 | 1891 - 890 pages
...acts so or so, Or don't 'ould he prcsumin', Mebby to mean yes an' say no Comes natural to women. lie stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust lie couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, ' I'd better call agin;' Says she, 'Think likely, mister;'... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1891 - 560 pages
...spell on t' other, An' on which one he felt the wust He could n't lia' told ye nuther. Says he, "I 'd better call agin " ; Says she, " Think likely, Mister" : Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An1 .... Wai, he up an' kist her. When Ma bimeby upon 'em slips, Huldy sot pale ez ashes, All kin'... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1922 - 186 pages
...Wai, no ; I come designin' — " * To see my Ma ? She's sprinklin' doe's Agin to-morrow's i'nin'." He stood a spell on one foot fust Then stood a spell on tother, Sez he, " I'd better call ag'in," Sez she, " Think likely, Mister; " The last word pricked him like... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...Or don't, 'ould be persumin' ; Mebby to mean yes an' say no Comes nateral to women. 71 The Courtin' He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell...he felt the wust He could n't ha' told ye nuther. 76 Says he. " I 'd better call agin : " Says she, "Think likely, Mister:"' Thet last word pricked him... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1927 - 604 pages
...ring, She knowed the Lord was nigher. When Zekle eventually summoned up courage to enter Huld kitchen : He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye, nuther. Zekle said: "I'd better call again." She said: "Think likely, Mister"... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - 1923 - 552 pages
...act so or so, 5 Or don't, 'ould be presumin' ; Mebby to mean yes an' say no Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, 10 An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, "I'd better call agin";... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, Clarence Stratton - 1922 - 648 pages
...acts so or so, Or don't, 'ould be presumin'; 70 Mebby to mean yes an' say no Comes nateral to women. He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust 75 He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, "I'd better call agin"; Says she, "Think likely, Mister":... | |
 | James Russell Lowell, Horace Elisha Scudder - 1924 - 522 pages
...Wall, no ; I come designin' — " " To see my Ma ? She 's sprinklin' clo'es Agin to-morrow's i'nin ." He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on tother, An' on which one he felt the wnst He could n't ha' told ye, nuther. Sez he. " I 'd better call agin ; " Sez she, "Think likely,... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 1086 pages
...clo'es Agin to-morrer's i'ninY He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell on t' other, 3° An' on which one he felt the wust He could n't ha" told ye, nuther. Says he, 'I'd better call agin'; rises and falls with the slow breathing Says she, 'Think likely, Mister': of the sleeping sen, one... | |
 | University of Maine at Orono - 1924 - 596 pages
...dearest. Got up — sat down — and nothing said, But felt about the queerest. may remind us of Lowell's He stood a spell on one foot fust, Then stood a spell OD t'other, An' on which one he felt the wust, He couldn't ha' told ve nuther. 'The American Antiquarian... | |
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An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, "I'd better call agin," Says she, "Think likely, Mister;" Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An' — wal, he up an 
