wo'n't

"That you wo'n't!" thought Alice, and, after waiting till she fancied she heard the rabbit, just under the window, she suddenly spread out her hand, and made a snatch in the air.

Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a facsimile of the original Ms. book afterwards developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Lewis Carroll 1865

I'll be even with him, for I wo'n't walk to that point:

The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

"I hope it wo'n't end in smoke, as it begins in fire," replied Robin, slily presenting a roll of the tobacco vulgarly called pig-tail.

The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

You wo'n't! why you are not going to convert your body into a nursery for bad blood, are you?

The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

My master wo'n't eat -- my mistress wo'n't eat -- Barbara, she wo'n't eat!

The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

"Neither, an please ye, Sir Willmott," replied Robin, replacing the tobacco in his bosom; "only since you wo'n't look into the pig-tail, perhaps you will tell me what I am to say to Hugh Dalton."

The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

"If you wo'n't talk," growled out the trooper, "I hope you will pay those who do so for your amusement."

The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

Sir Willmott Burrell, he wo'n't eat, but calls for wine and strong waters in his dressing-room: it's a queer bridal!

The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

` No, no, 'says he, ` they wo'n't never sink, but float till eternity; they be gone down with the tide, and they will come back again; only you keep a sharp look-out for them, and I'll give you five shillings if you bring them.'

Jacob Faithful Frederick Marryat 1820

Lewis Carroll was very insistent on spelling the words won't, can't, and shan't as wo'n't, ca'n't, and sha'n't and the original editions and some modern ones honor his preference, but many modern editions just change them to the customary form without comment.

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