twere

'twere, the headiest mead I ever brewed; and the best wine that berries could rise to; and the briskest Horner-and-Cleeves cider ever wrung down, leaving out the spice and sperrits I put into it, while that egg-flip would ha 'passed through muslin, so little curdled' twere.

The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy 1884

(Mind you, individual goblins might have cared deeply of history, as did long-dead Son’rul of Islathor; twere but the broader species that cared little about building its own calendars.).

The Codex Continual » Manthar’s Notes: Kharndam Calendars (Part II) 2009

Such things twere more easily done in other forums.

Welcome ‘Times’ Readers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

For anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.

George Heymont: Laying a Clear Dramatic Foundation George Heymont 2011

"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly."

Reshuffle in haste, Mr Cameron, and you will repent at leisure | Andrew Rawnsley 2011

Or, of a skull he holds up to the gravedigger, "As if 'twere Cain's jawbone that did the first significant pause murder."

Hamlet – review 2011

You be the judge but best if 'twere done from a distance.

ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2010

You be the judge but best if 'twere done from a distance.

ianrandalstrock: Separated at... well, not birth? ianrandalstrock 2010

If you believe the weather-twerp on TV, we'll have showers and thunderstorms starting about noonish, so bike ride 'twere well done quickly.

jhetley: Pending doom? jhetley 2010

Would 'twere that applied in the other direction ...

Obama Criticizes Debate, Says Hillary "Looked In Her Element" 2009