An' Sonny he ast the blessin'.

"Brudder Brown" has advanced upon the crowded floor to "beg a blessin' on dis dance:" [Footnote 3: S.D. Smedes.

Little Mary Elizabeth has been mighty dear to our hearts for a long time, an' when wife passed away, although the weddin' hadn't took place yet, she bestowed a mother's partin' blessin' on her, an' give Sonny a lot o' private advice about her disposition, an' how he ought to reg'late hisself to deal with it.

Ask your master, first, for leave, and then go up to Willow Cove, and carry my blessin' to Kitty and her children.

I now take my pen in hand to inform you, that Ime as sound as a Saddle Rock oyster, and hope these few lines may find you enjoyin' the same blessin.

"I've bin thinkin'," said Buzzby, "that we don't half know the blessin's that are given to us in this here world till we've had 'em taken away.

Why wouldn't she marry the baker" "My blessin' to her!" said Mary sourly.

Well, when the rector had got thoo an' he had wropped up his robes an' put 'em in his wallet, an' had told us to prepare for conformation, he pernounced a blessin' upon us an' went.

and wholesome's mine: The bottom-wheat is growin' fine, And God, o' mornin's, sends the dew, And sends his breath o' blessin', too.

A.M. I thank ye, my friens, for the warmth o' your greetin': Ther' 's few airthly blessins but wut's vain an' fleetin'; But ef ther' is one thet