twasn't

For that matter, I've been a slave in earnest - at least, they put me up for sale in Madagascar, and 'twasn't my fault nobody bid; Queen Ranavalona got me without paying a penny, and piling into that lust-maddened monster was slavery, if you like, with the prospect of being flayed alive if I failed to give satisfaction.

THE NUMBERS 2010

The nausea had passed, my senses were going - but I remember clear as day my last thought before I went under, and 'twasn't about Spring or Miranda or the hellish pickle awaiting me.

THE NUMBERS 2010

Daisy swore 'twasn't so, and threatened to sue, but never did.

Watershed 2010

Mind you, when I say 'twasn't Blowitz's fault, I'm giving the little blighter the benefit of the doubt, a thing I seldom do.

Watershed 2010

He drew himself up to his imposing height, whiskers at the high port, and stared me straight in the eye for a long moment; he said not a word, but held out his hand, and 'twasn't the usual touch-and-away of royalty, but a good strong clasp followed by a hearty shake before he passed on, Sissi following with a smiling turn of her lovely head.

Watershed 2010

But no, 'twasn't a mask; as we talked, I recognised her as one of these fortunate critters who (like yours truly) are simply without shame, and wouldn't know Conscience if they tripped over it in broad day.

Watershed 2010

"Sure and 'twasn't right puttin" the torch to that laboratory.

La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

But twasn't good all roundabout for the prickles were spindling.

Magic X Nina Alvarez 2010

So while we gallant underlings enjoyed roses and laurels all the way, our idiot commanders were gainfully employed exchanging recriminations, writing furious letters to the papers saying 'twasn't their fault, but some other fellow's, and there had even been a commission set up to investigate their misconduct of the war.

Fiancée 2010

Half-conscious as I was, I could see his face ever so clear, and I remember 'twasn't glaring or hanging slack or grinning as corpses often do, but tranquil as a babe's, eyes closed, like some sleeping prince in Norse legend.

Watershed 2010