They say the hussy is his sparrin' partner, as well as his sweetheart, and that his poor wife is just breakin' her heart over it.

I s'pose de peddlers did n' knowed dey wuz breakin' de law, caze de niggers alluz went at night, en stayed on de dark side er de waggin; en it wuz mighty hard fer ter tell w'at kine er folks dey wuz.

It wouldn't be breakin' the Sabbath to mix up a bakin' for a poor ol' bach like you, would it?

In the summer time get him a bow and arrer, and let him see how neer he come to the venerable lady's nose without breakin her spectorcals.

When half the little fifteen-per tape-snippers in the Emporium are breakin' their fourteen-inch necks volunteerin' early and often to get where the fightin' is.

An' me poor little boy comin' as fast as he can across the say to take me out of it, an' me breakin' my heart prayin' that I might live to see the day!

Jest twice a year, he sez, to put a pail of water in the upper tank, two pails of water a year to insure summer warmth, no dirt, no noise, not much like luggin' in wood from mornin' till night, breakin' your back cuttin' and splittin' it and litterin' up the house.