All is, I never drink no sperit,

Nor I haint never signed no pledge.

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. vii.

Ez to my princerples, I glory

In hevin' nothin' o' the sort.

The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. vii.

Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown

An' peeked in thru' the winder,

An' there sot Huldy all alone,

'Ith no one nigh to hender.