not'ing

Dere was not'ing for it but return to you, but it took some little time owing to de state of perturbation dat afflicted me and de fact dat, because of dis emotional disability, I had forgotten dat, in emulation of Mama's admirable custom, I always carry wit 'me a box of matches and a candle, among oder useful equipment.

The Mummy Case Peters, Elizabeth 1985

I don't like the fellow, anyvay, dot I'm buying ties from and his house is not'ing to me.

Tales of the Road

"But, Harriet, der ain't not'ing in de house to eat."

Harriet, the Moses of Her People

But t'at is not'ing; t'at is for me only, and I am not'ing.

The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark

It is a wil 'place, an' the men up there know not'ing but cut down trees.

Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

T'ey do not reproduce t'eir kind, not'ing lifing comes from t'em, to go on lifing, on and on, better and better -- or vorse, as Nature planned -- vit 'efery generation.

The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark

I look en I was dumb; 'e neber say not'ing,' e jes 'look at me so kynd en den' e fade 'way.

A Woman Rice Planter 1914

"Well, den, you kyant say not'ing, en ef yo 'only bin tell him onct, yo' name would be clear; but now yo 'kyant git mad 'bout dat, kase yo' neber clear yo'self."

A Woman Rice Planter 1914

He is resis 'the officer by force an' he is injure '-- oh, but only a leetle -- it is not'ing.

The Ne'er-Do-Well Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

"I shall do not'ing, bot -- if you are wise man you will not display yourself to the dangers of these climate; you will return 'ome."

The Ne'er-Do-Well Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913