Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... laird of Bemerside . " Surely , when , according to Mr. Hazlitt , England is so rich , and Scotland so poor in popular sayings , he might at least give us credit for what is unquestionably our own . In the present collection a strenuous ...
... laird of Bemerside . " Surely , when , according to Mr. Hazlitt , England is so rich , and Scotland so poor in popular sayings , he might at least give us credit for what is unquestionably our own . In the present collection a strenuous ...
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... Laird of the North Countree , A Yeoman of Kent , with his yearly rent , Will buy them out all three . Ray says : -Cales ( Cadiz ) Knights were made in that voyage by Robert , Earl of Essex , to the number of sixty , whereof ( though ...
... Laird of the North Countree , A Yeoman of Kent , with his yearly rent , Will buy them out all three . Ray says : -Cales ( Cadiz ) Knights were made in that voyage by Robert , Earl of Essex , to the number of sixty , whereof ( though ...
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... laird's purpose aften change . Women , wind , and luck soon change . - Portuguese . Winter weather and women's thoughts often change . - E . A WISE man carries his cloak in fair weather , an ' a fool wants his in rain . An encouragement ...
... laird's purpose aften change . Women , wind , and luck soon change . - Portuguese . Winter weather and women's thoughts often change . - E . A WISE man carries his cloak in fair weather , an ' a fool wants his in rain . An encouragement ...
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... laird . Spoken when unworthy persons intrude themselves into the company of their betters . - Kelly . Hail fellow , well met ; and , All fellows at football . - E . A ' GUDE or a ' dirt . All honey or all turd.-E. A ' HIS buzz shakes ...
... laird . Spoken when unworthy persons intrude themselves into the company of their betters . - Kelly . Hail fellow , well met ; and , All fellows at football . - E . A ' GUDE or a ' dirt . All honey or all turd.-E. A ' HIS buzz shakes ...
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... laird watched himself , with the result that , in the midst of a lurid glare and appalling shrieks , he and his henchmen were caught up by a whirlwind and cast head foremost into a holly bush . The work of devastation meanwhile went on ...
... laird watched himself , with the result that , in the midst of a lurid glare and appalling shrieks , he and his henchmen were caught up by a whirlwind and cast head foremost into a holly bush . The work of devastation meanwhile went on ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeenshire Antiquary applied auld bairns baith banes Berwickshire better bird bonny bread Bride of Lammermoor called canna Castle cauld Compare deil dinna doun drink Earl Edinburgh English say Ettrick Shepherd Fair Maid fish fool Fortunes of Nigel frae Gaelic Galt's gang gude Guy Mannering hame hand haud hauf head Heart of Midlothian Henderson Highland horse ilka ither kail keep Kelly King laird Lord Maid of Perth maidens mair man's married maun meat milk mony muckle naething ne'er never Old Mortality ower parish person Perth phrase poor proverb purse Redgauntlet Refers rhyme Rob Roy Ronan's Scotland Scots Scottish siller Spoken stane THERE'S thing toun wark waur Waverley weel wife winna YE hae ye'll YE'RE
Pasajes populares
Página 94 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Página 81 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!
Página 208 - It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o...
Página 100 - Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps.
Página 324 - Hesperus ! thou bringest all good things — Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer, To the young bird the parent's brooding wings, The welcome stall to the...
Página 246 - March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.
Página 193 - If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain Winter is gone and will not come again.
Página 180 - The Man in the Wilderness The Man in the Wilderness asked of me, "How many strawberries grow in the sea?" I answered him, as I thought good, "As many red herrings as grow in the wood.
Página 302 - GRACE. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down the Nith, An' past the mouth o
Página 9 - A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent With his yearly Rent Will buy 'em out all three.