Agin

Examples

• The T'other Governor he's always joked his jokes agin me, owing, as I believe, to my being a honest man as gets my living by the sweat of my brow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Well, it'll stand, if it only keeps jam up agin de wall! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He was 'agin 'em both,' he said with an oath, and for why? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I thought, says Jo, who has started and is looking round, I thought I was in Tom-all-Alone's agin. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then she screams wery loud, and falls into 'sterics; and he smokes wery comfortably till she comes to agin. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Well, if that's wot it is,' said Sam, 'you'd better not try to come it agin. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Have you got your vind back agin, Sir,' inquired Sam, when they had reached the end. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation: Bust me, if she ain't at it agin! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Now,' said the robber, 'come and sit aside of me, and put on your own face; or I'll alter it so, that you won't know it agin when you do want it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It mayn't be altogether safe, vith reference to gettin' out agin. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• What was it as you named, agin? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The T'other's got to make way agin the stream, and he takes it easy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• All them old cats _will _run their heads agin milestones,' observed Mr. Weller, in a parenthesis. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Wot, I s'pose you happened to drive up agin a post or two? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I wouldn't have that there busted B'lowbridger aware on it, or her people might make it tell agin' the damages I mean to get. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But I'm gwine, Mas'r George,--gwine to have four dollars a week; and Missis is gwine to lay it all up, to buy back my old man agin! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Take care, Sam; I shall begin to think what's the reason for your spite agin Lucy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mas'r, if you mean to kill me, kill me; but, as to my raising my hand agin any one here, I never shall,--I'll die first! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I say agin, I want you, Sir Pitt said, thumping the table. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Whether or no, I won't be prayed agin, I tell you. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• O' course I know very well as no man in his right senses would suppose as anythink would make me give it up agin when I'd once got it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Well, sir, I ain't a-goin' agin' it, sir, growled Gurt reproachfully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• You've got away once, and I won't run the chance agin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Black Michael's as good as new agin an' 'e's not the bully to stand fer it, not 'e; an' mark my word for it, sir. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Why, a beak's a madgst'rate; and when you walk by a beak's order, it's not straight forerd, but always agoing up, and niver a coming down agin. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Sufferin' an't no reason to make us think the Lord's turned agin us; but jest the contrary, if only we hold on to him, and doesn't give up to sin. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Here's this unfortunate gen'l'm'n took ill agin,' said Sam, looking round. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A grin stole over the fat boy's features as he said-- 'I see her a-kissin' of him agin. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Why, my boys have been to Cincinnati, with five hundred dollars' worth of colts, and brought me back the money, all straight, time and agin. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Well, Mas'r knows she sot herself up agin Mas'r, and wouldn't have me, when he telled her to. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Edited by Angelina