resks

• I think 't if a feller he'ps another feller when he's in trouble, and don't cuss, and don't do no mean things, nur noth'n' he ain' no business to do, and don't spell the Saviour's name with a little g, he ain't runnin' no resks--he's about as saift as he b'longed to a church But suppose he did spell it with a little g--what then Well, if he done it a-purpose, I reckon he wouldn't stand no chance--he OUGHTN'T to have no chance, anyway, I'm most rotten certain 'bout that What is your name Nicodemus Dodge I think maybe you'll do, Nicodemus. —  A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04
• "The resks in life come along fast enough, without runnin 'to meet 'em," continued the old man. —  Homespun Tales
• I shan't take no more resks 'n I have to. " —  Uncle William: the man who was shif'less
• Well, I don 'des call hit bettin'; but I resks a little w'en I t'inks I kin he'p de cause. —  The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories
• I got him to think of an 'I can't afford to run no resks of bein' et, _ef you can_. " —  The Man of the Desert

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