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The first thing that lays hold of him, he will have no strength nor will to resist, and then Well, I did hope to live to see God show the right. We twa hae wandered o'er the braes, And pu'ed the gowans fine; I've wandered many a weary foot Sin auld lang syne. These years had passed quietly at Stoneborough, with little change since Mary's marriage.
There is Gowans, and there's your ain brockit cow, and the wee hawkit ane, that ye ca'd I needna tell ye how ye ca'd it but I couldna bid them sell the petted creature, though the sight o' it may sometimes gie us a sair heart it's no the poor dumb creature's fault And ane or twa beasts mair I hae reserved, and I caused them to be driven before the other beasts, that men might say, as when the son of Jesse returned from battle, 'This is David's spoil."
Micawber, 'if my friend Copperfield will permit me to take that social liberty, to the days when my friend Copperfield and myself were younger, and fought our way in the world side by side. I may say, of myself and Copperfield, in words we have sung together before now, that We twa hae run about the braes And pu'd the gowans' fine in a figurative point of view on several occasions.
"You are no you canna " he began, and then dodged the telling. "We we may get a lift in a cart," he said weakly. "And I'll sit aside you in the fields, and make chains o' the gowans, will I no? Speak, Tommy!" "Ay ay, will you," he groaned. "And we'll have a wee, wee room to oursels, and "
SHOULD auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min'? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne? 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. For auld lang syne, etc.
Gowans issued scores of catalogues of his stock, in which titles were often illustrated by notes, always curious and often amusing, credited to "Western Memorabilia," a work which no bookseller or man of letters had ever heard of, but which was shrewdly suspected to have been a projected scrap-book of the observations and opinions of William Gowans.
A very small bed-room, but a very clean bed, received the traveller, and the sheets made good the courteous vaunt of the hostess, 'that they would be as pleasant as he could find ony gate, for they were washed wi' the fairy-well water, and bleached on the bonny white gowans, and bittled by Nelly and herself, and what could woman, if she was a queen, do mair for them?
Max asked us to put him down at the Three Firs; he had to call at 'The Gowans, he said. 'In two or three days I cannot wait longer, he said, in a meaning tone, as he bade good-bye to Gladys. She blushed and smiled in answer. 'What does Max mean? I asked, as we left him behind us in the road. 'It is only that he wishes to speak to Giles, she returned shyly.
Gien I cud but ance see an' speyk till her ance jist ance! Lord! what 'll come o' a' the gowans upo' the Mains, an' the heather upo' Glashgar!" He burst out crying, but instantly dashed away his tears with indignation at his weakness. Gibbie's face had grown white in the moon-gleams, and his lips trembled. He put his arm through Donal's and clung to him, and in silence they went home.
Mr Stirling is thinking I haven't arranged mine nicely, but you can do that when you put them in water, you know." "Oh! thank you. They are beautiful. Yes, Graeme is very fond of flowers. This will be like a bit of summer to her, real summer in the country, I mean. And besides, she has gathered gowans on the braes at home." "I am a Canadian," said the young lady.
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