lieve

But when it comes to spinnin 'yarns, nobody don't have to b'lieve' em.

William Adolphus Turnpike William Banks

"D---- d ef I doant b'lieve 'twud make her love th' little nig like I do;" replied the corn-cracker, taking him up on his knee as tenderly as he would have taken up his own child.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

'D-- d ef I doan't b'lieve'twud make her love th' little nig like I do, 'replied the corn-cracker, taking him up on his knee as tenderly as he would have taken up his own child.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

"I don't b'lieve 'e can walk a plank," surmised a cockney gravely.

The Cruise of the Dry Dock T. S. Stribling 1923

"Don't intend to be called on to b'lieve 'em," said the deacon.

Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

I b'lieve 'twas what they call a "coat-of-arms," but it looked more like a patchwork comforter than it did like any coat ever

Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

Some said -- I b'lieve 'twar Em'ry Keen an -- they could read the names on the boards plain,' twar so light, the moon bein 'nigh the full: but Em'ry never read nuthin' at night by the moon in his life; he ain't enny too capable

The Phantoms Of The Foot-Bridge 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

"But surely you don't b'lieve 'e's guilty?" said the boy, forgetting even his humorous tendencies in his anxiety about his friend.

The Garret and the Garden 1859

At this point Tonkin turned from the smuggler with a fling, muttering in an undertone as he went, "I don't b'lieve 'ee, Cuttance, for thee'rt a liard, so I'll watch' ee, booy."

Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines 1859

Ef he _must_ hev beliefs, nut to b'lieve 'em tu hard; 160

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855