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applied auld bairns baith bane bear Better break breed canna comes common deil dinna door drink English expression fair fish fool frae gang gear give grow gude hame hand hang haud He's head hear heart horse ilka It's Jamieson keep Kelly kind laird lang leave Literally live look maidens mair maks man's manner married maun Meaning meat mind mony mouth muckle naething nane ne'er never night ower person play poor proverb purse seek siller soon speak Spoken tell that's There's thing tine tongue turn waur wear weel wife winna wise wish worth Ye hae ye'll Ye're young
Brani popolari
Pagina 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...
Pagina 75 - O, wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see us!
Pagina 180 - To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o' chiels are whiles in want, While coofs on countless thousands rant, And ken na how to wair't : But Davie, lad, ne'er fash your head, Tho...
Pagina 318 - I'd have you remember that when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
Pagina 273 - 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...
Pagina 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
Pagina 292 - I hate with poortith, though bonny, to meddle, Unless they bring cash, or a lump of land, They'se never get me to dance to their fiddle There's meikle good love in bands and bags, And siller and gowd's a sweet complexion ; But beauty, and wit, and virtue in rags, Have tint the art of gaining affection...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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,
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Proverbs of Scotland |
| Autore | Alexander Hislop |
| compilato da | Alexander Hislop |
| Illustrato da | Alexander Hislop |
| Edizione | 3 |
| Editore | A. Hislop, 1868 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 20 dic 2005 |
| Lunghezza | 367 pagine |
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