A Dictionary of Lowland ScotchPriv. print. at the Ballantyne Press, 1888 - Всего страниц: 398 |
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... LANGUAGE AND AN APPENDIX OF SCOTTISH PROVERBS BY CHARLES MACKAY , LL.D. AUTHOR OF " LOST BEAUTIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , " " THE GAELIC ETYMOLOGY OF THE LANGUAGES OF WESTERN EUROPE , ' A GLOSSARY OF THE obscure WORDS AND PHRASES IN ...
... LANGUAGE AND AN APPENDIX OF SCOTTISH PROVERBS BY CHARLES MACKAY , LL.D. AUTHOR OF " LOST BEAUTIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , " " THE GAELIC ETYMOLOGY OF THE LANGUAGES OF WESTERN EUROPE , ' A GLOSSARY OF THE obscure WORDS AND PHRASES IN ...
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... language than in the English , or are altogether wanting in the latter . The design gradually extended itself as the compiler proceeded with his task , until it came to include large numbers of words derived from the Gaelic or Keltic ...
... language than in the English , or are altogether wanting in the latter . The design gradually extended itself as the compiler proceeded with his task , until it came to include large numbers of words derived from the Gaelic or Keltic ...
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... language . The truth is , that English and Lowland Scotch were originally the same , but that the literary and social influences of London as the real metropolis of both countries , especially after the transfer of the royal family of ...
... language . The truth is , that English and Lowland Scotch were originally the same , but that the literary and social influences of London as the real metropolis of both countries , especially after the transfer of the royal family of ...
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... language is not a mere dialect , as many English people believe ; but a true language , differing some- times from modern English in pronunciation , and more fre- quently in the possession of many beautiful words , which have ceased to ...
... language is not a mere dialect , as many English people believe ; but a true language , differing some- times from modern English in pronunciation , and more fre- quently in the possession of many beautiful words , which have ceased to ...
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... language in the world , is harsh and sibilant ; while the Scotch , with its beautiful terminational diminutives , is ... language more musical than its English sister . The word Teutonic is in these pages used advisedly instead of ...
... language in the world , is harsh and sibilant ; while the Scotch , with its beautiful terminational diminutives , is ... language more musical than its English sister . The word Teutonic is in these pages used advisedly instead of ...
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according to Jamieson ALLAN RAMSAY'S Scots Ambrosianæ applied Arnha auld bairns Ballad beautiful better bonnie Border Minstrelsy BURNS Busk called canna cauld Chaucer corruption de'il Deil Dictionary Dutch and Flemish e'en England English word etymology Flemish fool frae French Gaelic gang GEORGE BEATTIE German hame haud Highland Holy Fair Jacobite JAMES BALLANTINE Jamie Jamieson derives John kirk lady laird lish Lord Lost Preterites mair maun meaning mickle Minstrelsy mony muckle ne'er never o'er obsolete old English origin phrase Piers Ploughman poem poet possibly preterite probably RAMSAY RAMSAY'S Scots Proverbs Robert Burns root Ross's Helenore says Scotland Scottish Border Scottish language Scottish word sense Shakspeare Shanter signifies Sir Walter Scott slang sometimes written song synonymous Teutonic thou tion Twa Dogs verb weel whence wife WIRRY-COW woman ye'll Ye're
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Стр. 86 - Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red-rusted ; Five scimitars wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled ; A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o...
Стр. 131 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Стр. 323 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
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Стр. 23 - Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight Each in its cauld hand held a light— By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims; Twa span-lang, wee unchristen'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks, wi...
Стр. 54 - A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man 's aboon his might— Guid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a
Стр. 287 - But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. "O haste thee, haste!" the lady cries, "Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Стр. 75 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Стр. 120 - But a' your doings to rehearse, Your wily snares an' fechtin fierce, Sin' that day Michael* did you pierce, Down to this time, Wad ding a' Lallan tongue, or Erse, In prose or rhyme. An' now, auld Cloots, I ken ye're thinkin, A certain Bardie's rantin, drinkin, Some luckless hour will send him linkin, To your black pit ; But, faith ! he'll turn a corner jinkin, An' cheat you yet. But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an...
Стр. 16 - For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne.