An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a Dissertation on the Origin of the Scottish LanguageA. Gardner, 1887 |
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Pàgina 238 - An' getting fou and unco happy, We think na on the lang Scots miles, The mosses, waters, slaps, and stiles, That lie between us and our hame, Whare sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Pàgina 299 - Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely; And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night drave on wi...
Pàgina 145 - Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun'; Some ca...
Pàgina 241 - The doubling storm roars thro' the woods, The lightnings flash from pole to pole, Near and more near the thunders roll, When, glimmering thro' the groaning trees, Kirk-Alloway seem'd in a bleeze, Thro' ilka bore the beams were glancing, And loud resounded mirth and dancing. Inspiring bold John Barleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil ; Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
Pàgina 238 - He had but ae saxpence, he brak it in twa, And gied me the hauf o't when he ga'ed awa', Then haste ye back, Jamie^ and bide na awa', Then haste ye back, Jamie, and bide na awa', The simmer is coming, cauld winter's awa', And ye'll come and see me in spite o
Pàgina 217 - Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev"n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they...
Pàgina 324 - The limmer's growin' young again, Since she got her annuity. She's crined awa' to bane an' skin, But that it seems is nought to me ; She's like to live — although she's in The last stage o' tenuity. She munches wi' her wizened gums, An' stumps about on legs o' thrums, But comes — as sure as Christmas comes — To ca
Pàgina 106 - I had them a' regularly entered, first wi' rottens — then wi' stoats or weasels — and then wi' the tods and brocks — and now they fear naething that ever cam wi' a hairy skin on't." " I have no doubt, sir, they are thorough-bred — but to have so many dogs, you seem to have a very limited variety of names for them?" " O, that's a fancy of my ain to mark the breed, sir.— The Deuke...
Pàgina 259 - With the ready trick and fable, Round we wander all the day; And at night, in barn or stable, Hug our doxies on the hay.
Pàgina 223 - ... knows how lang. He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, As ever lap a sheugh or dyke. His honest, sonsie, baws'nt face, Aye gat him friends in ilka place. His breast was white, his towzie back Wecl clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; His gawcie tail, wi' upward curl, Hung o'er his hurdies wi' a swurl. Nae doubt but they were fain o...