Word: ruther
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Miss Archer yesterday that she thought Fred real conceited, there now! But Jenny May, that's Miss May's sister, says she's mashed on Fred. How funny. Jenny's a nice girl, only she will tease a feller about kissing people. Well, I never kissed a girl, - 'd'ruther play marbles. I ain't afraid of girls, though, except Jenny, she's so mean. She'll know more when she grows up. Fred, he goes to Harvard. I wouldn't. I'm going to Yale. You can have more fun, and Yale licks, too. Professor Ladd says Yale...
...know Shakspeare by heart. I'd ruther hear him in the original, like my friend Salviny; but you've got to excuse me now; I'm goin' to lecture before the Woman Suffrage Society with my friend Ker'nel Higginson - I'm goin' to carry the pitcher of water on the stage" - and, rubbing his ancient beaver on his shiny coat-sleeve, Dan'l bowed the reporter...
...Rosa was the larger boat, but, with all Mr. Carlin's boasted seamanship, she was not well managed. 'I 'm ruther afeerd ther's a storm comin',' muttered Captain Scuffles, with an anxious look; and he let loose the sheets a little. The vessel careened and shivered, and leapt forward over the waves. It was now past noon, and the captain opened the suspiciously large package, and passed it to me. I had eaten scarcely any breakfast, and, in spite of the absorbing excitement, the sight of food made me hungry. I acknowledged that he had been wiser than...