parfection

I flatter myself that the key-bugle plays his part to parfection, but the piece was written chiefly for the trombone and clarionet; the one being deep and crashing, the other shrill and high.

Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn 1859

If the lifeboat capsizes; w'y, then, owin 'to her parfection o' build, she rights again, an 'you,

The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands 1859

Nothin 'better, hot or cold, except marrow-bones; but then, you see, marrow-bones ain't just parfection unless hot, an' this is bound to be a cold supper.

The Prairie Chief 1859

Aileen, an 'you'll find yerself that no man's parfection, an' a woman has to be after takin 'thim as they be -- lovin' an 'gentle be times, an' cross as Cain whin yer expectin 'thim to be swateheartin' wid ye; an 'wake when ye think they're after bein' rale giants; an 'strong whin ye're least lookin' for it; an ginerous by spells an 'spendthrifts wid their' baccy, an 'skinflints wid their own, an' -- an '-- just common, downright aggravatin', lovable men, darlin '-- There now!

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

"'Deed an' ye'll look till the end of yer days an 'risk dyin' a downright old maid, if it's parfection ye're after marryin 'in a man!

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

An 'I don't need a gell as has niver been married to tell me my Jim ain't parfection nayther! "

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

"Right, sir; you're right," cried John Marrot energetically, raising himself a little from the bench on which he lay, "right in sayin 'we shouldn't ought to expect parfection, but wrong in supposin' the old mail-coaches was safer.

The Iron Horse 1859