"I went up to pay the rent," said Sam; "but the ladies gets into a wery great state of admiration at the honourable conduct o' Mr. Dodson and Fogg, and said what a wery gen'rous thing it was o' them to have taken up the case on spec.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol III"
Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
We came away care fully nursing such impression as we had got of a spec tacle whose historical quality we did our poor best to feel.
"Spanish Prisoners of War From "Literature and Life""
William Dean Howells
I don't want to croak, Dawes; but it strikes me the tenure of our lives is not worth a great deal to any one who thought to do a good spec by purchasing it.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford