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"Still it's cause for great gratitude, Sary, that your cheeks are so rosy," -- here a general laugh warned him of the dangerous admission, and he added, -- "it shows you're healthy, and that's a most aboundin 'blessin'."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various

But spare de ole man, spare 'im fur de secun' blessin 'which

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

Dey was shouts an 'cries an' blessin's all erlong dey happy track,

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

Slim Mike's stage, an 'he didn't hev no more manners than to draw on me, them sermons wus a perfec' blessin 'to me -- the thought uv 'em cleared my head ez quick ez a cocktail.

Romance of California Life John Habberton 1881

I heard your pa askin 'blessin' just after you came down.

Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives 1878

'Theere, theere, -- dunnot crack thy throat wi' blessin '.

Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 2 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

'Theere, theere, -- dunnot crack thy throat wi' blessin '.

Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

"There's only one thing in the wide world that's throublin 'her," said Art, "an 'that is, that she hadn't her parents' blessin 'when she married me, nor since -- for ould Murray's as stiff-necked as a mule, an' the more he's driven to do a thing the less he'll do it."

Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

"If any family ever had a livin 'blessin' showered on 'em right out of heaven," said Mrs. Gray, "we did, the day Sylvia come here.

The Old Gray Homestead Frances Parkinson Keyes 1927