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My neighbor is no' meant to lift it seemingly. Look at the start they've gi'en him, an' young Rundell starts at the limit." "Ay!" said Matthew. "It's no' fair. It's some o' Black Jock's doings. He's meanin' young Rundell to wun it." "Ay, it looks like it; but it's fashious kennin' what may happen.

And as her intense quietude of bearing suited Miss Gryce, who could not bear to be fussed, and time proved her douce and not fashious, she became quite a favorite with her rough-grained hostess, who wondered more and more where Emmanuel had picked her up, and whose bairn she really was.

But our folk were at great pains lang syne to big up the passage in some parts, and pu' it down in others, for fear o' some uncanny body getting into it, and finding their way down to the cove: it wad hae been a fashious job that by my certie, some o' our necks wad hae been ewking." They now came to a place where the gallery was enlarged into a small circle, sufficient to contain a stone seat.

But our folk were at great pains lang syne to big up the passage in some parts, and pu' it down in others, for fear o' some uncanny body getting into it, and finding their way down to the cove: it wad hae been a fashious job that by my certie, some o' our necks wad hae been ewking." They now came to a place where the gallery was enlarged into a small circle, sufficient to contain a stone seat.

There was self-seeking in my heart, and I think shame of it now. It may be for your lordship's safety to say this fashious Davie Balfour is your friend and housemate. Say it then; I'll never contradict you. But as for your patronage, I give it all back. I ask but one thing let me go, and give me a pass to see her in her prison." He looked at me with a hard eye.

And I maun see to get you some fire and some dinner too, I'se warrant; but your dinner will be but a puir ane the day, no expecting company that would be nice and fashious. So saying, and in all haste, Mrs.

I am wrong if I had not before me a man who had not slept a sound night's sleep in his naked bed since the point of war beat under his castle window. "Your arm, my lord " I said in a pause of his conversation with Mlver, "is it a fashious injury? You look off your ordinary." "I do," he said. "I daresay I do, and I wish to God it was only this raxed arm that was the worst of my ailment."

Phillips to go to the town and see Sandy. The mistress was fashious, for she did not like anybody about her to please themselves, and she had got used to me, as I said before; but the master was as reasonable as she was the contrary. "He said to me, the day before I left, 'Peggy, I owe you a great debt. You have saved the life of my wife and children. "'Under Providence, sir, said I.

There was self-seeking in my heart, and I think shame of it now. It may be for your lordship's safety to say this fashious Davie Balfour is your friend and housemate. Say it then; I'll never contradict you. But as for your patronage, I give it all back. I ask but the one thing let me go, and give me a pass to see her in her prison." He looked at me with a hard eye.

The provost looked at the young counsellor with a face in which distrust, alarm, and vexation seemed mingled. 'A fashious job, he said at last, 'a fashious job; and it will be dangerous meddling with it. I should like ill to see your father's son turn informer against an unfortunate gentleman.