The Proverbs of ScotlandA. Hislop, 1868 - 367 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
66 Spoken Allan Ramsay ance anither applied auld bairns baith bane bawbee Better blaw bonny canna cauld craw deil deil's dinna doesna drink drouth e'en fain fair folk's fool frae gane gang gear gude hame hand hang haud head heart himsel horse ilka ither Jamieson kail keep Kelly kirk Kythe laird maidens maister maks man's married maun Meaning meat midden Midlothian mony muckle nae mair naething nane never onything ower penny person poor proverb purse Rob Roy Ronan's scarts shouldna siller soon sorrow speak sune There's nae thing tine tint tongue toom wame wark warld waur weel wife winna wise worth Ye breed Ye hae ye maun ye'll Ye'll ne'er Ye're yoursel
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 99 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Seite 75 - O, wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see us!
Seite 316 - I'd have you remember that when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
Seite 271 - Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping...
Seite 92 - Leeze me on Drink ! it gi'es us mair Than either School or College : It kindles Wit, it waukens Lair, It pangs us fou o
Seite 111 - Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no steal when he's auld.
Seite 80 - said he ; " you that have lived sae lang in Zetland, to risk the saving of a drowning man ? Wot ye not, if you bring him to life again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury ? * — Come, Master Mordaunt, bear a hand to what's mair to the purpose.
Seite 58 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Seite 55 - It was now necessary I should interfere, which I did by commanding Andrew, with an authoritative tone, to be silent at his peril. " I am silent,
Seite 261 - What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Till said to Tweed, ' Though ye rin wi' speed, And I rin slaw, Whar ye droon ae man, I droon twa.