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"Will you look at something in my line this morning, Miss?" he inquired. "Na. Gi'e me my watch, and I will gae my ways home," she answered. "I have a set of diamonds here that once belonged to the Empress Josephine. They are very magnificent. Would you not like to see them?" "Ou, ay! an empress's diamonds? ay, indeed I wad!" cried the poor fool, vivaciously. Mr.
I'm come more particularly to ask you, ma'am, and you, Anne my honey, if you will join me and a few friends at a leetle homely supper that I shall gi'e to please the chap now he's come? I can do no less than have a bit of a randy, as the saying is, now that he's here safe and sound. Mrs. Garland wanted to catch her daughter's eye; she was in some doubt about her answer.
Bandy learned a' aboot them when he was at the sea. Sailors learn aboot them for measurin' hoo far onywey is frae ony ither wey, d'ye know, d'ye see? Bandy tells me that gomitry that's what they ca' the book fu' o' triangles is a grand thing for learnin' you to speak; an' he offered to gi'e me a lesson or twa."
Up till now Andrew Marshall had not spoken; he was a silent man, given more to thought than speech, but this was a way of doing things he did not like. "But ye might let us tak' the collection first, and then put up a notice yersel sayin' that a' collections have to be stopped. It wad be best to gi'e the men notice." "No," said Walker, "there's to be nae mair collections taken.
At this moment my opponent rapped himself soundly upon the chest and nodded fiercely; quoth he: "I'm a-goin' t' gi'e ye two more black heyes to start wi', and 'aving draw'd your claret an' knocked out a tusk or so, I'll finish the job by leatherin' ye wi' one o' my best leather belts wi' a fine, steel buckle made in Brum "
'Niver mak' ado about t' price, said Molly; 'I'll gi'e thee enough on 't to tie up thy hair, just like Sylvia's. Only thou hastn't such wealth o' curls as she has; it'll niver look t' same i' thy straight locks. And who might it be as give it thee, Sylvia? asked the unscrupulous, if good-natured Molly. 'My cousin Philip, him as is shopman at Foster's, said Sylvia, innocently.
'What can you mean, sir? I exclaimed, rising in indignant bewilderment. 'I mean, Maud, if ye'll marry me, you'll never ha' cause to complain; I'll never let ye want for nout, nor gi'e ye a wry word. 'Actually a proposal! I ejaculated, like a person speaking in a dream. I stood with my hand on the back of a chair, staring at Dudley; and looking, I dare say, as stupefied as I felt.
Sylvia found her mother still sitting on the chair next the door, where she had first placed herself on entering the room. 'I'll gi'e you some tea, mother, said she, struck with the shrunken look of Bell's face. 'No, no' said her mother. 'It's not manners for t' help oursel's. 'I'm sure Philip would ha' wished yo' for to take it, said Sylvia, pouring out a cup.
"Now, Will'm," said the shark-killer, "this time we've got a fish that'll gi'e us a fill, lad. Have a little patience, and I'll cut ye a steak from the tenderest part o' his body; and that's just forrard o' the tail. You take hold o' the sinnet, an' pull him up a bit, so as I can get at him."
"I shall e'en gi'e them twenty atween them." In the goodness of his heart he offered the boys some advice as to what they should buy: "Ye'll be wantin' to buy traps, I'm jalousin', an' sure ye'll turn oot to be graun' hunters, Nimrods o' the North that men'll mak' sangs aboot i' the comin' years."
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