pow'rful

No! the pow'rful spell, that had wrought too well,

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 Various

Lord, man, he's got something pow'rful on his mind.

Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

"Gittin 'mighty cole fer dis time ob year, de a'r small pow'rful lack mo' snow."

Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902

'Th' newspaper, instead iv bein 'a pow'rful agent f'r th' salvation iv mankind, has become something that they want to r-read, 'he says.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

It won't do f'r ye to look at th 'map an' say that th 'pow'rful protictin' nation wud be hardly big enough f'r a watch charm f'r a man fr'm Texas, or that Europeen assistance f'r America is about as useful as a crutch f'r a foot-runner.

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Cades, a pow'rful turreted monitor (ol 'style), attackted us with both for'ard guns, an' sint a storm iv brimstone an 'hell into us.

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Th 'press cinchorship is so pow'rful that no news is allowed to go out; but I have it fr'm th' specyal corryspondint iv

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Transcendant Genius! whose prolific vein Ne'er knew the frigid poet's toil and pain; To whom APOLLO opens all his store, And every Muse presents her sacred lore; Say, pow'rful JOHNSON, whence thy verse is fraught With so much grace and such energy of thought; Whether thy JUVENAL instructs the age In chaster numbers, and new-points his rage;

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

"Them varmints are gettin 'pow'rful sassy," was the comment of Hastings, who, now that the truth was known, seemed to lose all the excitement he had first shown.

The Phantom of the River Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

It aint a pow'rful attack, -- it don't take a body about de middle as I may say, and gib 'em an up and down h'ist.

The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. Second Series 1845