Appearin

Elizabet now, I tried appearin 'to her once, not too long after I left this world. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1998)

An 'he rotch down an' rotch down, an 'tek hold of a lively appearin' hunk o 'wood whut right dar. ❋ Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews (N/A)

She wasn't what you'd fairly call handsome, Lavina wasn't, but she was pleasant-appearin ', very, -- plump as a pa'tridge, with nice brown hair and eyes and a clean-lookin' skin. ❋ Various (N/A)

And a smart, nice appearin 'one like Nelse Haley would be just the ticket --' nough sight better than ❋ Helen Beecher Long (N/A)

"He's appearin 'before th' Interstate Commerce Commission." ❋ Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher (N/A)

"Queer that such a smart-appearin ', intelligent gent should have got himself in such a fix." ❋ W. Bertram Foster (N/A)

"A nice-appearin 'girl like you ought to be ashamed." ❋ Fannie Hurst (1928)

Now the gorgeous tints of autumn are appearin 'everywhere ❋ Unknown (1920)

Whereupon the amiable-appearin 'gent makes some sort of comment, just what no one ever knew, but it seems tolerable superfluous an' sarcastic, an 'instantaneous there's two shots. ❋ Francis Rolt-Wheeler (1918)

The vanilla ... well, what's done is done, and it can't be helped: seems it's what they set their hearts on and some folks like to be strange-appearin ', but the furniture -- well, it don't suit, that's all! ❋ Various (1915)

The old man cut the halter off one of his Mexican war-whoops, and broke through the house on the run, appearin 'at the front door with his shot-gun just as I checked up to make the turn onto the main road. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)

"Sh-she's a good deal of a gal, Alvy -- fine-appearin 'gal, Alvy." ❋ Winston Churchill (1909)

He's a good talker when he gets started too, and for such a quiet appearin 'chap he can liven up a lot. ❋ Sewell Ford (1907)

I expect my appearin 'in a cut-out jersey, with my shoulder muscles still bunched, must have jarred him a little; for he lifts his eyebrows doubtful and asks, "Er -- Professor McCabe, is it?" ❋ Sewell Ford (1907)

Come to look at him close after he'd washed up, he's rather decent appearin '. ❋ Sewell Ford (1907)

But it's on account of this reform stunt of his that the old gent seems to be so proud of him, not appearin 'to care whether he ever got elected to anything or not. ❋ Sewell Ford (1907)

So I walk up to a nice appearin 'Frenchman with a tall hat and whiskers -- I didn't know there was so many chin whiskers outside of East Harniss, or some other back number place -- and I say,' Pardon, Monseer. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)