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Almira, and bring her home to make a nursery maid of her, and teach her all she ought to know, and "'spect" after all she is not "too large" to learn, poor young slave!

First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 Isabella Strange Trotter 1847

I know you don't go out in de hot sun in May to set out trees an '' spect 'em to live. "

Memorials of a southern planter, 1887

( 'Grow like Topsy' is a reference to a character in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' who says at one point, 'I spect I grow'd.') -- correction, New York Times, Oct. 6

'Terrifying Numbers for Democrats' James Taranto 2010

 Long as you respect the property and don't make too much noise, why, I mind my business and 'spect you to mind yours.

Bread, Fish, Serpent, Stone 2010

And there are new devices, such as the brain spect, that are extremely accurate it in detecting it.

Robert Weller: A Post-Traumatic Stress Dysfunctional Military 2010

It was probably nothing significant; still, it was always best to be alert, because there were more monsters than in the past, and not all of them had learned proper re - spect for either unicorns or Adepts.

Here There Are Monsters 2010

Greek and Italian authorities su spect links between the group responsible for the November parcel bombs targeting embassies in Athens and those responsible for the Rome attacks.

Police in Rome Defuse Embassy Bomb Nathania Zevi 2010

"Oh, don't 'spect ME to tell you anything; I don't know the way," she said.

Love Letters 2010

Not that I disagree with his characterization, but I 'spect he may be revealing a little too much of his inner thoughts.

McCain On Reporters: "Little Jerks" 2009

He's tha real fuckin' deal not mutha fuckin' cheeze, so pleeze or provolon-ne, as they say, re-spect tha man on tha bee-cee-clette as he's ridin' up this way.

Intimidation: Betraying Looks, Expressive Calves BikeSnobNYC 2009