Black dwarf. Old mortalityA. Constable & Company, 1823 |
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Page 52
... better to exercise idle and wanton cruelty on mute fishes than on your fel- low - creatures . Yet why should say so ? Why should not the whole human herd butt , gore , and gorge upon each other , till all are extirpated but one huge and ...
... better to exercise idle and wanton cruelty on mute fishes than on your fel- low - creatures . Yet why should say so ? Why should not the whole human herd butt , gore , and gorge upon each other , till all are extirpated but one huge and ...
Page 76
... better for this lassie . There's a leddy , that , un- less she be a ' the better bairn , is to be sent to foreign parts whether she will or no ; now , I think of sending Grace to wait on her - she's a bonny lassie . Hobbie will hae a ...
... better for this lassie . There's a leddy , that , un- less she be a ' the better bairn , is to be sent to foreign parts whether she will or no ; now , I think of sending Grace to wait on her - she's a bonny lassie . Hobbie will hae a ...
Page 87
... better ! " answered the shrill and discordant voice of the Dwarf through a very small window , re- sembling an arrow ... better ! " said Hobbie impatiently ; " what is the better , Elshie ? Do you not hear me tell you I am the most ...
... better ! " answered the shrill and discordant voice of the Dwarf through a very small window , re- sembling an arrow ... better ! " said Hobbie impatiently ; " what is the better , Elshie ? Do you not hear me tell you I am the most ...
Common terms and phrases
answered arms auld bairn BLACK DWARF blood bonny Bothwell Burley called canna castle Claverhouse Colonel Grahame companion Cuddie daugh dinna door Dwarf e'en Edith Ellieslaw Elshie exclaimed eyes father frae Francis Stuart gang gentlemen Grace gude Gudyill Halliday hame hand head hear heard heart Henry hinny Hobbie Elliot honour horse I'se Ilderton Isabella JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM Jenny Lady Margaret Laird leave leddy look Lord Evandale mair Mareschal maun Mause Milnwood misanthropy Miss Bellenden Miss Vere morning Morton mother mutchkin mysel ne'er never night Old Mortality ower party person popinjay prisoner puir Ratcliffe replied sae muckle Scotland seemed serjeant shew Sir Frederick Langley soldier speak stood sure sword tell thae thee there's thing thou Tillietudlem tion tone tower weel Westburnflat whig word ye'll yoursel