to'rds

Tha was allus harder than most womankind; try an 'be a bit softer like to'rds th' mon as risked his soul because he war a mon an 'darena lose thee.

One Day at Arle 1996

Ole Brer Rabbit sorter laugh ter hisse'f en den he pick up his jug en jog on to'rds home.

The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe

So next mornin 'I happened to meet Sam Amos, and he says to me,' Aunt Jane, how much money have you women got to'rds the new cyarpet for the church? '

Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

Then he sorto 'turned and tiptoed to'rds the kitchen door -- and next,

All About Coffee 1909

We just stayed in one spot with no chance of ever driftin 'to'rds help.

The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

But whin I got to Paris I'd hire me a hack or a dhray painted r-red, an 'I'd put me feet out th' sides an 'I'd say to th' dhriver: 'Rivolutionist, pint ye-er horse's head to'rds th'home iv th' skirt dance, hit him smartly, an 'go to sleep.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

When he found "de seben stars an 'de pinter," he said, "it was gwine hard on to'rds one o'clock perzacly."

The old plantation : how we lived in great house and cabin before the war, 1901

The old negro said, however, "he couldn't see de seben stars nor de pinters, but he fa'rly 'no'd it was dun past midnite and we bettur be gittin' to'rds home."

The old plantation : how we lived in great house and cabin before the war, 1901

"They drove like thunder out to'rds Boggs City fer about two mile," said

The Daughter of Anderson Crow George Barr McCutcheon 1897

We all looked around, an 'sure enough, a heavy-set feller was comin' to'rds us.

The Daughter of Anderson Crow George Barr McCutcheon 1897