Shou'd

Shou'd have her, and I hope you'll perform the thing.

The Factor's Garland 1999

Shou'd be reliev'd with what my Wants cou'd spare;

The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony Anonymous

Shou'd you want another moulder, in the course of 2 or 3 months I shall probably be able to spare one -- and I shall be particularly anxious to do so provided there wou'd be a prospect of employing them at some period in the course of the work in laying bricks at which they are both rough hands --

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1823 1823

Shou'd this leave the Professors gardens too long we may curtail them & move up the Hotels nearer to the line of Pavilions -- as smaller gardens will certainly do for the professors than will be required for the Hotels.

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1819 [a machine-readable transcription] 1819

Shou'd I not see him, sir, before I promise to accept him?

A Collection of Plays and Poems, by the Late Col. Robert Munford, of Mecklenburg County, in the State of Virginia. Now First Published Together. 1798

Shou'd this be a true charge in this dread letter,

The Female Gamester A Tragedy Gorges Edmond Howard 1750

Shou'd it be said, that this act of the will being in effect a new object, produces new relations and new duties; I wou'd answer, that this is a pure sophism, which may be detected by a very moderate share of accuracy and exactness.

A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 1743

Shou'd it be demanded why men form general rules, and allow them to influence their judgment, even contrary to present observation and experience, I shou'd reply, that in my opinion it proceeds from those very principles, on which all judgments concerning causes and effects depend.

A treatise of human nature 1739

Shou'd it be said, that we have experience, that the same power continues united with the same object, and that like objects are endow'd with like powers, I wou'd renew my question, why from this experience we form any conclusion beyond those past instances, of which we have had experience.

A treatise of human nature 1739

If instead of answering these questions, any one shou'd evade the difficulty, by saying, that the definition of a substance is something which may exist by itself; and that this definition ought to satisfy us: Shou'd this be said, I shou'd observe, that this definition agrees to every thing, that can possibly be conceiv'd; and never will serve to distinguish substance from accident, or the soul from its perceptions.

A treatise of human nature 1739