I've talked to him like a brother, but it's little he sees in takin 'in his lights or flyin' false signals. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
"Masther Jim gev special insthructions not to be later'n half-past four in takin 'y' in, sir," said the Irishman. From Wordnik.com. [Mates at Billabong] Reference
I’ve talked to him like a brother, but it’s little he sees in takin’ in his lights or flyin’ false signals. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
'Aye, but they were loadin' stuff, no 'takin' it away. From Wordnik.com. [A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away]
There's a fine line for bars a 'takin' on the Irish aires. From Wordnik.com. [joegood Diary Entry] Reference
"Thought some o 'takin' out a policy o 'insurance on my cockerel.". From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 6] Reference
Dey spent dere time plowing an 'takin' care of de plantation in general. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3] Reference
"We had to bring you these instead o 'takin' our dinners," Elsie grumbled. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown)] Reference
"I reckon you feel like throwin 'off yer harness an' takin 'a roll in the grass.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
"So, when we sees what we thinks is a scab dodgin 'away from us an' takin 'the shortcut through the alley --". From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XVIII] Reference
Jim is gointer be 'rested for hittin 'Dave an' takin 'his turkey, an' if he's found guilty he's goin 'way from here. From Wordnik.com. [De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts] Reference
B'lieve in takin 'it easy, eh?. From Wordnik.com. [Old Baldy] Reference
He was allers bery fond o 'takin' peepil by surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole] Reference
"The takin is a large, heavily-built ruminant, about. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
"I guess we're sort o 'takin' the sense o 'the meetin'.". From Wordnik.com. [Tiverton Tales] Reference
But if it's sumpin 'takin', then Spring has got it sure. From Wordnik.com. [Songs out of Doors] Reference
'Ye talked at one time o' takin 'a farm over Scarsdale way. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship] Reference
Petey? 'says I.' I was jus 'takin' a short cut home, 'he says. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War] Reference
She's keepin 'house now, an' takin 'in washin', down to Bridgeport. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl at Cobhurst] Reference
I could n't think o 'takin' on 'it, Mas'r George, no ways in the world!. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Slave: A Drama] Reference
"There's many a way o 'takin' a drink," the sailor said, staring at him. From Wordnik.com. [I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales] Reference
I ought to be over gettin 'his room ready an' takin 'out the little comforts. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Clegg and a Man in the House] Reference
Page 274 stuff away from us as ef they wuz afeerd o 'takin' some dreadful disease. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Georgia sketches,] Reference
They've been liftin 'hosses an' takin 'other things, but they're strangers in these parts. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign] Reference
'You got to,' she says, swearin 'like a man, an' takin 'holt of me jess like a man wrastles. From Wordnik.com. [The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times] Reference
I dunno what they wanted to do with it, but they 'pear to be as fond o 'takin' hair as Injuns. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of Poor Richard] Reference
"Oh, I couldn't think o 'takin' it, Mas'r George, no ways in the world," said Tom, quite moved. From Wordnik.com. [Pictures and Stories from Uncle Tom's Cabin] Reference
"Yes -- an 'takin' it all in all, it'll take quite a man to fill it," retorted McNabb brusquely. From Wordnik.com. [The Challenge of the North] Reference
Wish you Dutchmen were hall dead -- 'stead comin' takin 'our money hinto your starvin' country. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Nigger of the Narcissus] Reference
"O! I couldn't think o 'takin' on 't, Mas'r George, no ways in the world!" said Tom, quite moved. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Tom's Cabin] Reference
The lad was scaret at that, as weel he micht, an 'takin' aff 's bannet, he lowtit laich, an 'left her. From Wordnik.com. [Malcolm] Reference
It don't seem to me to matter half as much as Charles Lennox lendin 'her French books an' takin 'her to the movies night after night. From Wordnik.com. [The Criminal C.O.D]
"None o ''em, howsomdever, thort o' takin 'to the water. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
"Well, to say truth, an 'takin' a feelosophical view o 'the p'int -- I. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains] Reference
"There's only two ways o 'takin' trouble, child; you can laugh over it or you can cry over it. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
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