twould

And 'twould be good not to go to bed with the pain of hunger within my lean old body -- so 'twould.

Six Plays Florence Henrietta Fisher Darwin 1892

Why 'twas longer nor my arm and as thick again -- 'twould have served as a bell rope to the great bell yonder in Gloucester church -- and so 'twould.

Six Plays Florence Henrietta Fisher Darwin 1892

Well, 'twould be rather hard for ye, now I come to think o't -- upon my life, 'twould.'

The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884

Many's time I do say to she -- 'Th' Old Zquire's garden, now, 'twould zim strange to thee, sartinly 'twould!

Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

Was Courteous to me; but took occasion to speak pretty earnestly about my keeping a Coach: I said 'twould cost £100. per anum: she said twould cost but £40.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

"It's wishin 'I am 'twas avenin'," she cried at last, "and then 'twould be off my moind, so 'twould.

The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Gulielma Zollinger

True, but isn't this primarily because someone born out of wedlock is highly unlikely to have "'twould" in his vocabulary?

America vs. Japan: Where Is It Better for Kids?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

"If it had been twenty feet high 'twould 'a' been all the same," Pinkey answered.

The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916

"La, Mr. Tisbett!" she exclaimed, smoothing her apron delightedly, "if you'd only happened along then, 'twould 'a' melted in your mouth."

The Adventures of Joel Pepper Margaret Sidney 1884

I wisht you had held out ag'inst the childern about sellin 'it; 'twould' a 'bin the best thing fur 'em, I say.

A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 3 William Dean Howells 1878