Ef Quotes
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'Slavery's a thing thet depends on complexion, It's God's law thet fetters on black skins don't chafe; Ef brains wuz to settle it (horrid reflection!) Wich of our onnable body'd be safe?'
james russell lowell— 1848 'The Debate in the Sennit', in the Boston Courier, 3 May, collected in The Biglow Papers: First Series (1848), no. 5.
Ef you want peace, the thing you've gut tu du Is jes' to show you're up to fightin', tu.
james russell lowell— No. 2. (Series II (1866))
An' all us other children, when the supper things is done, we set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun a-list'nin' to the witch tales 'at Annie tells about an' the gobble-uns 'at gits you Ef you Don't Watch Out!
james whitcomb riley— James Whitcomb Riley, Little Orphant Annie.
I don't know how to tell it but Ef such a thing could be As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me I'd want to 'commodate 'em all the whole-indurin' flock When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
james whitcomb riley— James Whitcomb Riley, When the Frost is on the Punkin.
