transcendin

Updated: May 24, 2025

Jock's eyes glistened wi' delight at the magnificence o' the promised reward, so far transcendin what he had been accustomed to receive. He wad hae thocht himsel handsomely paid wi' a ha'penny, and wad hae run sax miles ony day for a penny.

Various - Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III