The Scotch haggis; consisting of anecdotes, jests [&c.] with a coll. of epitaphs and inscriptions1822 |
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... there seems to have been a kind of Boeotian mist that clouded the hemisphere of our learning . The in- cessant quarrels of the clergy with James VI . and Charles I. in which the people took so deep an in- terest , engendered a severity ...
... there seems to have been a kind of Boeotian mist that clouded the hemisphere of our learning . The in- cessant quarrels of the clergy with James VI . and Charles I. in which the people took so deep an in- terest , engendered a severity ...
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... there , while the glad tidings of the gospel are sounding in your ears , and here is Willie Law , a poor idiot , hearing me with great attention . " - " Eh go ! Sir , that's true , " says Willie , " For in I hadna been a puir idiot ...
... there , while the glad tidings of the gospel are sounding in your ears , and here is Willie Law , a poor idiot , hearing me with great attention . " - " Eh go ! Sir , that's true , " says Willie , " For in I hadna been a puir idiot ...
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... There , Willie , " says Mr Berry , giving him the halfpenny , which Willie held close to his eyes , be- ing nigh - sighted , as was said before , and Mr Berry perceiving he had by mistake given Willie a shil- ling instead of a halfpenny ...
... There , Willie , " says Mr Berry , giving him the halfpenny , which Willie held close to his eyes , be- ing nigh - sighted , as was said before , and Mr Berry perceiving he had by mistake given Willie a shil- ling instead of a halfpenny ...
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... There , die now ! " 6.4 . A PRAYER NIGH DEATH . 3 י In a remote and lonely situation in the parish of Crawfordjohn , lived an old woman , who being on her death - bed , was visited by two neighbours that lived at some distance . As she ...
... There , die now ! " 6.4 . A PRAYER NIGH DEATH . 3 י In a remote and lonely situation in the parish of Crawfordjohn , lived an old woman , who being on her death - bed , was visited by two neighbours that lived at some distance . As she ...
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... there's neither law nor justice i ' the kintra ; there's Mrs awen me aught shillings , an ' she'll no gie me a bawbee , an ' there's neither law nor justice i̇ the town to gar her dot ; the deil confound the hail pack o ' ye ! " — " Say ...
... there's neither law nor justice i ' the kintra ; there's Mrs awen me aught shillings , an ' she'll no gie me a bawbee , an ' there's neither law nor justice i̇ the town to gar her dot ; the deil confound the hail pack o ' ye ! " — " Say ...
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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 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...
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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.