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To my way of thinking a book of that title oughtn't to be published until 2018.

The Haunted Bookshop 1918

"Miss Forest, such a word oughtn't to pass your lips."

Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World L. T. Meade 1884

"No, yu 'oughtn't!" said Lin, with sudden ardor; and then, in a voice of deprecation, "You'll think us plumb ignorant."

Lin McLean Owen Wister 1899

"It ought to have said 'what _are_,' oughtn't it, papa?" asked the little girl.

Christmas Every Day and Other Stories William Dean Howells 1878

Only yo 'oughtn't have given him and yo'self away to the first stranger quite so easy.

Sally Dows Bret Harte 1869

We're all sinners, any way, an 'oughtn't to neglect our sowls.

The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

That seems to follow from the general idea that 'oughtn't A' entails 'There is a reason not to A' and 'The reason not to A is undefeated by reasons to the contrary'.

Think Tonk 2009

"Evvybody oughter be good and jine de church, but dey sho 'oughtn't to jine effen dey still gwine to act like Satan.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

Y'oughtn't to kill folks even if they're no good for nothin '. "

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various

"Why, ain't you the ship's cook?" said Sol in a hurt tone, "an 'oughtn't you to be proud o' bein 'head cook on a splendiferous new gall-yun like this?

The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi 1890