Black dwarf. Old mortalityA. Constable & Company, 1823 |
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Page 49
... body and the sun ? and this thing , be it what it will , is thinner and taller than the body himsel , and has been seen to come between him and the sun mair than ance or twice either . " These suspicions , which , in any other part of ...
... body and the sun ? and this thing , be it what it will , is thinner and taller than the body himsel , and has been seen to come between him and the sun mair than ance or twice either . " These suspicions , which , in any other part of ...
Page 233
... body be un- civil , ye may gie me a cry - Aweel , -when the malt be- gins to get aboon the meal , they'll begin to speak about government in kirk and state , and then , Jenny , they are like to quarrel - let them be doing — anger's a ...
... body be un- civil , ye may gie me a cry - Aweel , -when the malt be- gins to get aboon the meal , they'll begin to speak about government in kirk and state , and then , Jenny , they are like to quarrel - let them be doing — anger's a ...
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... body has aye the better chance to understand it . Every body's no sae gleg at the uptake as ye are your- sel , mither . " " O , my dear Cuddie , this is the sairest distress of a ' - O , how aften have I shewn ye the difference be ...
... body has aye the better chance to understand it . Every body's no sae gleg at the uptake as ye are your- sel , mither . " " O , my dear Cuddie , this is the sairest distress of a ' - O , how aften have I shewn ye the difference be ...
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