"Sure yer poor father can't be bothered with it, and it 's a thing he ain't handy at, mirover, no more 'n meself; but the atin' is on it, praise God, and we 'll git at it someway." ❋ Unknown (1908)
"Thin 'tis this waay thim murdherous divvles is b'atin 'ut!" ❋ Louis Joseph Vance (1906)
"I was cal'atin 'to pay five hunderd," said Uncle William. ❋ Jennette Barbour Perry Lee (1905)
And then one night, when I was cal'atin 'and figgerin' on it, I saw that I couldn't get half of 'em into my boat, nor a quarter, nor a tenth -- jest a little corner of 'em. ❋ Jennette Barbour Perry Lee (1905)
Th 'expedition was delayed be wan iv th' mules sthrollin 'down to th' shore an 'atin' up th 'afther batthry an' par-rt iv th 'ram iv th' 'R-red Barn' an ', befure repairs was made, Admiral Cervera heerd iv what was goin' on. ❋ Finley Peter Dunne (1901)
What is it to ye that me nevvew Terry is sleepin 'in ditch wather an' atin 'hard tacks an' coffee an 'bein' r-robbed be leeber Cubians, an 'catchin' yallow fever without a chanst iv givin 'it to e'er a Spanyard. ❋ Finley Peter Dunne (1901)
Off in his comfortable cage, swingin 'on th' perch an 'atin' seed out iv a small bottle stuck in th 'wire. ❋ Finley Peter Dunne (1901)
The painful incidents of the morning weighed heavily upon Rosalie, and she was glad when Madame Dugal came to talk with her father, who was ailing and irritable, and when Mrs. Flynn drove her away with a kiss on either cheek, saying: "Don't come back, darlin ', till there's roses in both cheeks, for y'r eyes are' atin 'up yer face!" ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)
You've had your first innin's, ez the base-ball fellers says, at all o 'his various an' sundry celebrations, from his first appearance to his gradj'atin ', and I'll call your attention to a thing I wouldn't mention to a' outsider. ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)
It seems thet seein 'all the other boys gradj'ate put him in the notion, an' he felt like ez ef he ought to be a-gradj'atin ', too. ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)
An 'when he went there with his ma an' me, why, he'll tell you hisself that he hadn't no mo 'idee of gradj'atin' 'n what I have this minute. ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)
He sent Sam a special invite to his gradj'atin 'party, an' give him a seat next to hisself so's he could say "Amen" to his blessin ', thess because he had missed gittin' his diplomy. ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)
Says he, "I have decided thet I'd like to do a little gradj'atin 'this evenin' myself," thess that a-way. ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)
Of co'se eve'ybody in the county goes to the gradj'atin ', an' we was all three settin 'there watchin' the performances, not thinkin 'of any special excitement, when Sonny took this idee. ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)
Well, sir, we was so pleased to have him turned out a full gradj'ate thet, after it was all over, why, I riz up then and there, though I couldn't hardly speak for the lump in my th'oat, an 'I said thet I wanted to announce thet Sonny was goin' to have a gradj'atin 'party out at our farm that day week, an' thet the present company was all invited. ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)
Joel, and his poor'atin's, blazed away at 'em, as if they had been so many christians — and 'twould have done yer heart good to have heard the serjeant belabour them with hard wor-r-ds, for their throuble. ❋ Unknown (1843)
He calls hisself a ` son of the poor'atin's, 'and poor' ating it must have been, in the counthry of his faders, to have produced so lane and skinny a baste as that same. ❋ Unknown (1843)
“Och! he's a precious poor'atin '!” growled Mike, from his corner of the room. ❋ Unknown (1843)
