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"Ay, a siege laid by Saunders Sweepclean the bailiff, and raised by Edie Ochiltree the gaberlunzie, par nobile fratrum," said Oldbuck, "and well pitted against each other in respectability.
They were a cannie, comely, sensible brood. Their father and mother, if they gave them nothing else, gave them strong bodies and sharp brains. They were very like each other, though always with a difference. Red hair, bright as burnished gold; high, but not very high, cheek bones; and small, sharp, twinkling eyes, were the Gaberlunzie personal characteristics.
"Aweel, aweel, Maggie, ilka land has its ain lauch But where's Steenie the night, when a's come and gane? And where's the gudeman?"* "I hae putten the gudeman to his bed, for he was e'en sair forfain; and Steenie's awa out about some barns-breaking wi' the auld gaberlunzie, Edie Ochiltree: they'll be in sune, and ye can sit doun."
Indeed, Sandie Scott, the eldest hope of the Gaberlunzie family, would, in such case, himself propose Alaric to the electors. Ca'stalk Cottage, in which the Hon. Sandie lived, and which was on the outskirts of the Gaberlunzie property, was absolutely within the boundary of the borough. Overcome by these and other arguments, Alaric at last consented to ask from Captain Cuttwater the loan of L700.
And don't forget the Gaberlunzie. Ever, In August 1865 Mr. Ballantine wrote to me saying: "If ever you are in Auld Reekie I should feel proud of a call from you. The meeting came off. I collected a number of special friends about me, and I took my wife to the meeting of the Faithful.
The pawkie auld carle cam ower the lea, Wi' mony good-e'ens and good-morrows to me, Saying, Kind Sir, for your courtesy, Will ye lodge a silly puir man? The Gaberlunzie Man.
"The Earl of Glenallan, cummer! ou, he winna see ony o' the gentles o' the country, and what likelihood is there that he wad see the like o' an auld gaberlunzie?"
"There are not perpetual snow and wolves at all in it! except snow in winter, and well a little in summer just sometimes, and a 'gaberlunzie' or two stalking about here and there, if ye may call them dangerous.
FEIFTEEN, the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. FENDY, good at making a shift. FIRE-RAISING, setting an incendiary fire. FLEMIT, frightened, FRAE, from. FU, full. FULE, fool. GABERLUNZIE, a kind of professional beggar. GANE, gone. GANG, go. GAR, make. GATE, gait, way. GAUN, going. GAY, gey, very. GEAR, goods, property. GILLFLIRT, a flirty girl. GILLIE, a servant, an attendant.
'I'se warrant him a soger, answered Willie; 'but take my advice, and speer as little about him as he does about you. Best to let sleeping dogs lie. Better say naething about the laird, my man, and tell me instead, what sort of a chap ye are that are sae ready to cleik in with an auld gaberlunzie fiddler?
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