Mr. Howells's Willis Campbell, a witty and cultivated bostonian, says, in The Albany Depot, "I guess we better get out of here;" Mr. Ade's Artie, a Chicago clerk, says, "I got a boost in my pay," meaning "I have got:" the locution is very common indeed.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
It may have some bearing upon what I have been saying above to note that, in point of stature and beauty, the bostonian woman, as a rule, seemed to me to fall far short of her sisters in the other cities I have visited.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
P. Wooverman Shaw Todd, Esquire, I say, elevated his upper lip and drooped his eyelid, remarking with a slight Beacon Street accent:- "I cawn't agree with you, my dear Doctor,"-there were often traces of the manners and the bearing of a member of the Upper House in Todd, especially when he talked to a man like the Doctor, who wore turned-down collars and detached cuffs, and who, to quote the distinguished bostonian, "threw words about like a coal heaver,"-"I cawn't agree with you, I say.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith