The proverbs of Scotland, collected and arranged, with notes by A. Hislop |
Parole e frasi comuni
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 fair folk's fool frae gane gang gear gude hame hand hang haud head heart Heart of Midlothian himsel horse ilka ither Jamieson kail keep Kelly kirk Kythe laird look maidens maister maks man's married maun meat midden Midlothian mony muckle nae mair naething nane never onything ower penny person poor proverb purse 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 Ye breed Ye hae ye maun ye'll Ye'll ne'er Ye're yoursel
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 180 - 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...
Pagina 75 - O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion ! THE WHISTLE.
Pagina 54 - I have no other but a woman's reason ; I think him so, because I think him so.
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 43 - DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
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 111 - Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no steal when he's auld. Hang him that has nae shift, and hang him that has ower mony.
Pagina 112 - Happy is the bride that the sun shines on ; happy is the corpse that the rain rains on.
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.