be'ave

"Quite right too! teach them to be'ave as they ought to," was the comment passed here and there -- though as a matter of fact it had already been abundantly proved that it taught them nothing of the kind.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

"You got be'ave if you comin 'here," she said coldly.

The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

I was brought up middle-clarss myself, an 'taught to be'ave myself before my betters!

The Servant in the House Charles Rann Kennedy 1910

"Of course, if certain people, who're nobodies, try to be'ave as somebodies, one naturally wants to know where they've learned their classy manners," she remarked.

Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl 1909

"Great pity they can't be'ave better, both of 'em," said Mr. Chuffles, glad for once to find himself morally unassailable.

The History of Mr. Polly 1906

He didn't do more that night because she told him to be'ave

Captains All and Others 1903

Some people can't take a 'int, and, as the cabman wouldn't be'ave

Short Cruises 1903

He didn't do more that night because she told him to be'ave

Captains All Captains All, Part 1. 1903

D'yu think I don't know how gells oughter be'ave before confirmation?

A Bit O' Love John Galsworthy 1900

Yes, yu just be off, an 'think on what yu've been told in class, an' be'ave like Christians, that's gude maids. An 'don't yu come no more in the' avenin's dancin 'them' eathen dances in my barn, naighther, till after yu'm confirmed -- 'tisn't right.

A Bit O' Love John Galsworthy 1900