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"Leeze me o' ye! but I kenned ye were o' the true Norse blude after a'! "For a' that, an' a' that, A man's a man for a' that. "Oh, but I hae expeckit it this month an' mare! Oh, but I prophesied it, Johnnie!" "Then why, in Heaven's name, did you introduce me to such a scoundrel?" "I sent you to schule, lad, I sent you to schule. Ye wad na be ruled by me.
"Leeze me on drink! it gies us mair Than either school or college; It kindles wit, it waukens lair, It pangs us fou o' knowledge. Be't whisky gill or penny wheep Or ony stronger potion, It never fails, on drinking deep, To kittle up our notion By night or day."
This furthermore is to be noted, that whereas in vessels of oil that which is nearest the top is counted the finest and of wine that in the middest, so of honey the best which is heaviest and moistest is always next the bottom, and evermore casteth and driveth his dregs upward toward the very top, contrary to the nature of other liquid substances, whose grounds and leeze do generally settle downwards.
We can imagine him in those days returning from the fields, 'forjesket, sair, with weary legs, and becoming buoyant as soon as he has opened the drawer of that small deal table in the garret. 'Leeze me on rhyme! it's aye a treasure, My chief, amaist, my only pleasure; At hame, afield, at wark or leisure, The Muse, poor hizzie, Though rough and raploch be her measure, She's seldom lazy.
Buggins had overturned two empty pewter-mugs on his counter. "No gossiping o' Passon Walden allowed 'ere," he said, "Not while I'm master o' this public!" "Leeze majestas," proclaimed Mr. Netlips, impressively "You're right, Buggins you're quite right! Leeze majestas would be entirely indigenous entirely so!" An awkward pause ensued.
'Leeze majestas' in all its dark incomprehensibility had fallen like a weight upon the tavern company, and effectually checked any further conversation. It was one of those successful efforts of Mr. Netlips, which, by its ponderous vagueness and inscrutability, produced an overwhelming effect. There was nothing to be said after it.
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