 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.  Proverbs of All Nations - Pagina 117di Walter Keating Kelly - 1861 - 238 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Walter Scott - 1885 - 912 pagine
...that have lived sae lang in Zet and, to r: ;k the saving of a drowning man ? Wot ye not, if you br.ng him to life again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury ? * — Come, Master Mordaunt, bear a hand to wh t's mair to the purpose. Help me to get ane or twa... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 200 pagine
...it so.1 to revive him, Bryce the pedler says to him, — "Are you mad ? you, that have so long lived in Zetland, to risk the saving of a drowning man?...again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury ? " Sir Walter suggests in a note that this inhuman maxim was probably held by the islanders of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1888 - 202 pagine
...it so.1 to revive him, Bryce the pedler says to him, — "Are you mad? you, that have so long lived in Zetland, to risk the saving of a drowning man ?...again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury?" Sir Walter suggests in a note that this inhuman maxim was probably held by the islanders of the Orkneys,... | |
 | James Murray Mackinlay - 1893 - 388 pagine
...Bryce the pedlar warns Mordaunt against saving a shipwrecked sailor. "Are you mad," said the pedlar, "you that have lived sae lang in Zetland, to risk...again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury ?" We discover the key to this strange superstition in the idea entertained by savages that the person... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1893 - 200 pagine
...it so.1 to revive him, Bryce the pedler says to him, — "Are you mad? you, that have so long lived in Zetland, to risk the saving of a drowning man ?...again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury?" Sir Walter suggests in a note that this inhuman maxim was probably held by the islanders of the Orkneys,... | |
 | Archibald Sinclair, William Henry - 1893 - 500 pagine
...the ' Pirate,' to assist Mordaunt in rescuing a sailor from drowning is explained in the remark of 'Are you mad? you that have lived sae lang in Zetland,...to risk the saving of a drowning man. Wot ye not if ye bring him to life again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury?' This superstition, that... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 502 pagine
...remonstrate with him on his rashness in undertaking the charitable office. " Are you mad ? " said he ; " you that have lived sae lang in Zetland, to risk the saving of a drowning man ? Wot ye net, if you bring him to life again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury ? l — Come, Master... | |
 | James Murray Mackinlay - 1893 - 388 pagine
...Bryce the pedlar warns Mordaunt against saving a shipwrecked sailor. "Are you mad," said the pedlar, "you that have lived sae lang in Zetland, to risk the saving of a drowning man ? Wot yq not, if you bring him to life again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury ?" We discover... | |
 | 1895 - 246 pagine
...mad ? You that have lived sae lang in Zetland to risk the saving of a drowning man ? Wot ye not if ye bring him to life again, he will be sure to do you capital injury?" The origin of this belief is stated by some to be the idea that the person rescued... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - 1896 - 450 pagine
...the pedlar warns Mordaunt against saving a shipwrecked sailor: — "Are you mad," said the pedlar, "you that have lived sae lang in Zetland, to risk...again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury?" Any one falling into the water becomes the prey of the monster or demon inhabiting it; and whoever... | |
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