The Scotch haggis; consisting of anecdotes, jests [&c.] with a coll. of epitaphs and inscriptions1822 |
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... servant to the minister of the parish , was sent on a message to a neighbouring clergyman , whose prominence of · Duck and Duke are pronounced alike by . the Scottish peasantry . belly did not bespeak a life of fasting , interrogated 3.
... servant to the minister of the parish , was sent on a message to a neighbouring clergyman , whose prominence of · Duck and Duke are pronounced alike by . the Scottish peasantry . belly did not bespeak a life of fasting , interrogated 3.
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... servant maid of the name of Betty Cowan , who was looked upon as a haliket throw'ither half daft kind o a hizzie . " This Betty had two uncles , who had long been in the Indies , and had accumulated for- tunes . From the situation which ...
... servant maid of the name of Betty Cowan , who was looked upon as a haliket throw'ither half daft kind o a hizzie . " This Betty had two uncles , who had long been in the Indies , and had accumulated for- tunes . From the situation which ...
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... servant maids , the last of whom being asked by one of the cloth where the child was got , and by whom , made answer , " In the hen - house , but that she did not know who the father was . " To which one of the brethren said , " It ...
... servant maids , the last of whom being asked by one of the cloth where the child was got , and by whom , made answer , " In the hen - house , but that she did not know who the father was . " To which one of the brethren said , " It ...
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... servants , and it behoves us to obey his call , if he has work for me in Stirling , you know it is my duty to per- form it . " - " Feugh ! " exclaimed Margaret , " " Call here call there , I've heard that Stirling has a great muckle ...
... servants , and it behoves us to obey his call , if he has work for me in Stirling , you know it is my duty to per- form it . " - " Feugh ! " exclaimed Margaret , " " Call here call there , I've heard that Stirling has a great muckle ...
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... servant on the eve of an approaching election , with a letter to the bailie , to procure his influence . The bailie opened the letter : - " Sir , " said the servant , " You hold the letter by the wrong end . ” — “ Hoot man , ” replied ...
... servant on the eve of an approaching election , with a letter to the bailie , to procure his influence . The bailie opened the letter : - " Sir , " said the servant , " You hold the letter by the wrong end . ” — “ Hoot man , ” replied ...
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ADAM SKIRVING Andrew answered Antichrist asked auld bailie bawbee better Buckhaven called canna captain Christ church CHURCH-YARD clergyman Cockpen Court of Session DAVID HUME DAVID HUTCHEON death deil died dinna doctor Donald door doth drink dust Earl Edinburgh EPITAPH Falkirk frae gentleman Glasgow grace grave gude HADDINGTON hath heaven Highland honest honour horse INSCRIPTION James James Boswell Jamie Janet John judge king kirk Kirkcaldy lady laird land late lies liv'd lived Lockey Lord Lord Justice Clerk Lordship lyes mair Majesty maun minister monument muckle ne'er need-fire neighbours never parish poor preach Rabie replied Reverend ROBERT FERGUSSON says Scotch Scotland Scots serjeant Stewart Stirling stone thee there's Thom thou tion took town weel wife Willie woman ye'll ye're young
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Página 280 - Constant and stedfast, zealous, witnessing For the prerogatives of Christ their King ; Which truths were seal'd by famous Guthrie's head, And all along to Mr Renwick's blood : They did endure the wrath of enemies : Reproaches, torments, deaths, and injuries. But yet they're those who from such troubles came, And now triumph in glory with the Lamb.
Página 272 - Behold and see as you pass by As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Página 222 - My bellows, too, have lost their wind; . My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd.
Página 275 - Stop, passenger, until my life you read, The living may get knowledge from the dead. Five times five years I...
Página 209 - As for fruit, for their grandsire Adam's sake, they never planted any ; and for other trees, had Christ been betrayed in this country, (as doubtless he should bad he come as a stranger,) Judas had sooner found the grace of repentance, than a tree to hang himself on...
Página 296 - FOR ONE WHO WOULD NOT BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. HEROES and kings! your distance keep; In peace let one poor poet sleep, Who never flatter'd folks like you : Let Horace blush, and Virgil too.
Página 314 - M'Nair and Jean Holmes having taken into consideration the way and manner our daughter Jean acted in her Marriage, that she took none of our advice, nor advised us before she married, for which reason we discharged her from our Family, for more than Twelve Months ; and being afraid that some or other of our Family may also presume to marry without duly advising us thereof, We, taking the affair into our serious consideration, hereby discharge all and every one of our Children from offering to marry...
Página 282 - His pleasant purpose then prevailed, For of his God he got the grace To live in mirth and die in peace.